Watch List notes:

Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Histamenon (Electrum, 28 mm, 4.00 g, 6 h), Thessalonica, 1081-1082. +ΚЄ RO ΑΛЄΖ Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, holding book of Gospels in his left hand; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. ΔΙ/ΜΙ/T/I Δ/ЄC/Π/TI/T/K St. Demetrius, on the left, nimbate and in military attire, standing right, holding sword in his left hand and presenting labarum set on globe to Alexius, on the right, wearing crown and loros, standing facing and holding shaft of labarum with his right hand. DOC 4. SB 1904. Lightly toned. Thin flan crack and with very light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a European collection of Byzantine coins, formed before 2005.