332, Lot: 435. Estimate $200. Sold for $813. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus III Botaniates. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Nicephorus standing facing, holding globus cruciger and labarum with X on shaft and • at base; three pellets in loros end. DOC 3b; SB 1881. In NGC encapsulation graded AU, Strike: 3/5, Surface 4/5.