CNG 84, Lot: 1636. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AR Miliaresion (29mm, 2.88 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) standing facing, orans; MP ΘV across field / Constantine, crowned and in military outfit, standing facing, holding long cross and sheathed sword. DOC 7; SB 1834. Good VF, bright surfaces, obverse struck with slightly rusty die.