Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1445. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE IX, Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Tetarteron nomisma (4.05 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. + IhS XIS X REGNANTIhm, facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels / + CWNS ANT BASILEU m, facing bust of Constantine, wearing crown and jewelled chlamys, holding labarum and globus cruciger; no jewels on collar. DOC III -; SB 1833. EF. ($500)