147, Lot: 578. Estimate $300. Sold for $461. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 3.78 g). Pre-reform coinage. Thessalonica mint. Struck 1081-1092. Nimbate bust of Christ, holding Gospels / St. Demetrius and Alexius standing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC IV 5a; SB 1905. Good VF, flan flaw.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVIII (8 December 1993), lot 582.