Triton XV, Lot: 1653. Estimate $500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus. 1195-1203. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (28mm, 4.11 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1195-1197. Christ Pantokrator standing facing; barred IC [XC] across field / AΛЄΣIOC ΔЄCΠOTHc O KωNτANτINOC (Σ retrograde), Alexius, holding akakia, and St. Constantine standing facing, both wearing crown and holding patriarchal cross between. DOC 1a; SB 2007. In NGC encapsulation graded MS; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5, minor edge crack.