Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1442. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE IX, Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.41 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. +IHS XIS REX REGNANTIhM, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels / +CWNSTAnTn bASILEU RM, facing bust of Constantine, wearing crown and loros, holding cruciform sceptre with crescent and patriarchal cross on globus. DOC III 1a; SB 1828. Choice EF. ($400)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Waddell II (12 September 1987), lot 744.