CNG 88, Lot: 1721. Estimate $750. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Histamenon Nomisma (20mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 950-955. Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing / Crowned half-length facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Romanus, wearing chlamys, both holding long patriarchal cross between. DOC 15; Füeg 15.C.4; SB 1751. EF, lustrous. Excellent portrait of Christ.