CNG 87, Lot: 1306. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas. 1071-1078. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; central square surrounded by four pellets in bars of nimbus; Gospel decoration consisting of rayed four pellets / Crowned facing bust of Michael, holding labarum and globus cruciger; no pellet on shaft of labarum. DOC 2a; SB 1868. EF. A well-struck coin.