Watch List notes:

Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Histamenon (Electrum, 28 mm, 4.15 g, 6 h), Thessalonica, 1082-1087. +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/Μ/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 patriarchal cross set on globe and two steps to Alexius, on the right, wearing crown and loros, standing facing and holding shaft of cross with his right hand. DOC 5a. Sear 1905. Lightly toned. Thin flan crack and with very minor die shift on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.