Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2152. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; nimbus with seriffed cross arms, annulet in upper quarters / Crowned facing bust, wearing long beard and loros, holding labarum with • on shaft and akakia. DOC III 1; SB 1815. Good VF.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.