379, Lot: 412. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. EL Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1082-1087. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / St. Demetrius standing right, holding sword and presenting patriarchal cross set on globe on two steps to Alexius standing facing. DOC 5a; CLBC 1.1.7; Morgan Fitts pp. 36, 47, and 57 (this coin illustrated); SB 1905. VF, toned, flan crack.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.