Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1686. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NICEPHORUS III. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (4.36 gm). Constantinople mint. Christ seated facing on throne without back; pellets in nimbus / Nicephorus standing facing, holding labarum (plain shaft) and globus cruciger. DOC III 2 var.; SB 1882. Good VF, coppery toning. Rare variety. ($300)