CNG 102, Lot: 1197. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1001. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AR Miliaresion (26mm, 2.24 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary, orans, standing facing on dais / Constantine standing facing, holding long cross and sheathed sword. DOC 7; SB 1834. Good VF, toned, a few light scratches beneath tone, edge a little ragged.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Neil S. Phillips Collection (Spink 121, 7 October 1997), lot 561.