Triton XVIII, Lot: 1344. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (30mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. +IҺS XIS RЄX RCςNANTIҺm, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / +CωҺSτ–AτΛ BASILЄЧAm, crowned bust facing, wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter with tendril ornament in right hand, globus surmouted by patriarchal cross in left. DOC 1a; SB 1828. Superb EF.

From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich, purchased from Leu, April 1999.