Triton XV, Lot: 1640. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Tetarteron Nomisma (17mm, 4.07 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. + IҺS XIS RX RЄςNANτm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + CωnS τNτ ЬASILЄЧS −, crowned facing half-length bust of Constantine, wearing jeweled chlamys and holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 5b var. (legends); SB 1832. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch AU★; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Well struck portrait of Christ.