Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1897. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NICEPHORUS III, Botaniates. 1078-1081. AR Miliaresion (1.76 gm). Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus and Maria; large ornamented patriarchal cross between them / -+- NIKHFP KAI MAPIA PICTOI RACILEIC PWMAIWN -•-. DOC III 6; Boutin 636; SB 1886. VF. Much better than the badly clipped and flatly struck examples normally encountered. Extremely rare. ($500)