170, Lot: 299. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Pre-Reform coinage, circa 1082-1092. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Standing facing figures of St. Demetrius, nimbate, wearing sword, handing patriarchal cross to Alexius, wearing crown and loros. DOC 5a; SB 1905. VF, a little porous, clipped.