Nicephorus III Botaniates. 1078-1081. EL Histamenon Nomisma (31mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Nicephorus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger; saltire cross on shaft, five pellets in loros end, droplet below globus cruciger. DOC 3b; SB 1881. Lightly toned, striking fractures, scratches. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Royal Athena Galleries Inventory EV0430 (April 2004).