60, Lot: 154. Estimate $250. Sold for $381. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NICEPHORUS III. 1078-1081 AD. EL Histamenon (27mm, 4.41 gm). Constantinople mint. Nimbate Christ enthroned on square-backed throne; IC XC flanking throne / Nicephorus standing on footstool, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC III 2 variety; Berk 333; SB 1882. Good VF. A scarcer variety with IC XC by throne rather than by nimbus.