Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1197. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA, Second Empire. Konstantin I. 1257–1277. Æ Trachy (3.02 g, 6h). Facing bust of Theotokos, orans; stars below, Γ[I/AC] to right / Konstantin I standing facing, holding labarum and akakia; star above and in left and right fields. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.4.12; Youroukova & Penchev 46. Near VF, green patina, a couple of minor edge splits. Very rare. This type did not appear in the Bulgarian collection of CNG 79.