288, Lot: 594. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus III Botaniates. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (29mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Nicephorus standing facing, holding labarum with X on shaft and • at base and globus cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1881. VF, flan crack at 8 o’clock, graffiti on obverse (Arabic “Mohammed”).