Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1218. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VIII. 1025-1028 AD. AV Histamenon (4.40 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGnANTInM, nimbate (plain cross arms with crescents in upper quarters) facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / +CWNSTANTIn bASILEUS ROM, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing jeweled loros and holding labarum and akakia. DOC III 1.1; BN1; SB 1815. Good VF. ($250)