Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1775. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JOHN I Tzimisces. 969-976 AD. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.42 gm). Constantinople mint. Nimbate (two pellets in arms of cross) facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / The Virgin, nimbate, crowning John, who wears crown and loros, and holds patriarchal cross; manus Dei above; legend ends dESP. DOC III 3.2; SB 1785. Good VF. ($500)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.