Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1154. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $720. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (4.36 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Pre-Reform coinage, circa 1082-1092. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Standing facing figures of St. Demetrius, nimbate, holding sword, handing patriarchal cross, set on globe and two steps, to Alexius, wearing crown and loros. DOC 5a; SB 1905. EF, toned, scratches on obverse under tone, minor flan flaw.