CNG 99, Lot: 848. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1830. Choice EF.

From the Joan Wilde Collection, purchased from David Vagi.