Sale: Nomos 2, Lot: 229. Estimate CHF750.  Closing Date: Monday, 17 May 2010.  Sold For CHF1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 4.43 g 6), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne Rev. [CωnSTA] nTh bASILEU Rm Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding scepter ending in leaved cross in his right hand and globus surmounted by a cross resting on a crescent in his left. DOC 1b. SB 1828A. Rare. Lustrous and attractive. Good extremely fine.