118, Lot: 255. Estimate $500. Sold for $955. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 4.40 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Facing bust of Constantine, holding labarum and akakia. DOC III 1.1; SB 1815. EF.