CNG 87, Lot: 1301. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; double-crescent ornament in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding labarum and akakia. DOC 1.1-8; SB 1815. Good VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty die, minor double strike and area of flat strike on reverse. Attractive portrait coin.