CNG 87, Lot: 1303. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; cross on globus composed of four pellets. DOC 3; SB 1830. Good VF, reverse struck with slightly rusty die.