Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1450. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE X, Ducas. 1059-1067. AV Histamenon (4.33 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. +IhS IXS REX REGNANTIhM, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on straight-backed throne, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels / +KWN RACL' O DOVKAC, Isaac standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger; X on labarum shaft. DOC III -; SB 1847 var. (no X on shaft). EF. ($500)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.

The X on shaft (of either a cross or a labarum) is seen as a marker on coins of Basil II (976-1025) and Michael VII (1071-1078), but has heretofore not been noted on coins of Constantine X.