258, Lot: 536. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1082-1092. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Standing figures of St. Demetrius, holding sword and handing patriarchal cross set on globe and two steps to Alexius. DOC 5a; SB 1905. Fine, toned, porous, vertical stress crack across entire coin. Very fragile. Rare.