Triton XX, Lot: 1094. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. + IҺS XΓS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / +CωҺSτAҺτIҺ ЬASILЄVS ROm, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding labarum with pellet on shaft in right hand, akakia in left. DOC 2; Füeg II 2.A.6; SB 1815. Choice EF, a couple minor scrapes along edge.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex “Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini” Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3247; purchased from Schweizerischer Bankverein or Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, June 1978.