Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1211. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding cross-tipped scepter and pelleted globus cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1830. Near EF, a tiny edge nick. Bold strike on both sides.