Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1432. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JOHN I, Tzimisces. 969-976 AD. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.36 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm', facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels; nimbus with two pellets in arms of cross / +QEOTOC hOHQ' IW dES, half-length facing busts of John, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross, and the Virgin Mary; manus Dei above John. DOC III 3; SB 1785. EF, slight die shift. ($1000)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 1316.