CNG 85, Lot: 1288. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Class III. Constantinople mint. Struck 1042-1055. Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing short beard and loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; cross composed of four pellets. DOC 3; SB 1830. Near EF.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.