Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1153. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.43 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator enthroned / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding beaded, cross-tipped scepter with tendril ornament and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross. DOC 1a; SB 1828. Near EF, a few minor die breaks on obverse.