CNG 94, Lot: 1538. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus. 1195-1203. AV Hyperpyron (29mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1195-1197. Christ Pantokrator standing facing on low daïs / Alexius, holding akakia, and St. Constantine standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 1a; SB 2007. Good VF, weak obverse strike, graffito ‘Π’ and scratch in margin on reverse.

From the Sasha Collection.