CNG 99, Lot: 843. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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John I Zimisces. 969-976. AV Histamenon Nomisma (21mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 973-976. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing bust of John, holding patriarchal cross, being crowned by the Virgin Mary;
manus Dei above John. DOC 3; Füeg 4.B; SB 1785. EF, slight die shift.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Malcom W. Heckman Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1432; Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 1316.