104, Lot: 220. Estimate $300. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VIII. 1025-1028 AD. AV Histamenon (25mm, 4.35 gm). Nimbate (plain cross arms with crescents in upper quarters) facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing jeweled loros and holding labarum and akakia. DOC III 1.1; SB 1815. Good VF, small bend near edge that has been flattened.