Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 256. Estimate CHF1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF1350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. Electrum/Silver Trachy Nomisma (Silver, 4.35 g 6), Thessalonica, 1082-1087. +KE RΘ - ALEZ / IC XC Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels. Rev. ΔΗ/Μ/Τ/Ρ - Δ/ΕC/Π/I/T On the left, St. Demetrius, nimbate and in military dress and, on the right, crowned figure of the Emperor wearing loros, standing facing and holding a patriarchal cross between them. DOC 5a. SB 1905. Sharply struck and attractive. Good extremely fine.

From the East Side collection, Switzerland.