CNG 90, Lot: 1945. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.42 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding labarum and akakia. DOC 1; SB 1815; Berk, Roman 292A (this coin). EF, die break on obverse, a few marks in fields.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s New York (2 November 1998), lot 506.