Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1443. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE IX, Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.40 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 labarum and globus cruciger. DOC III 2a; SB 1829. Choice EF. ($300)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.