Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1890. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas. 1071-1078. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; nimbus with five pellets in cross arms / Crowned facing bust, wearing short beard and loros, holding labarum with • on shaft and globus cruciger. DOC III 2d; SB 1868. EF, three shallow scratches at about 9 o’clock and die break on obverse, minor deposits.