56, Lot: 191. Estimate $500. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ALEXIUS I. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (4.17 gm). Pre-reform coinage, 1081-1092. Thessalonica mint. Nimbate bust of Christ, holding Gospels / St. Demetrius and Alexius standing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC IV 5b; SB 1905. Toned VF. ($500) Ex Leu 13 (30 April 1975), lot 738, where it sold for 2300 Swiss francs