439, Lot: 614. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus III Botaniates. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (29mm, 4.18 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator seated facing on backless throne / Nicephorus standing facing, holding globus cruciger and labarum with X on shaft and pellet at base; four pellets in loros end. DOC 3b.7; SB 1881. Fine, surfaces polished, some scratches and hairlines, graffiti on reverse.