CNG 94, Lot: 1512. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. EL Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 3.98 g, 5h). Pre-reform period. Transitional coinage. Thessalonica mint. Struck 1081/2. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / St. Demetrius standing right, holding sword and presenting labarum to Alexius standing facing. DOC 4; SB 1904. VF, thin flan crack at 1h. Rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.