97, Lot: 204. Estimate $300. Sold for $271. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NICEPHORUS III. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (29mm, 4.26 gm). Constantinople mint. Christ seated facing on throne without back; no pellets in nimbus / Nicephorus standing facing, holding labarum (X on shaft) and globus cruciger. DOC III 3b; SB 1881. Fine, flan crack. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.