259, Lot: 449. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IX Monomachus. 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.27 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1830. VF, very light encrustation on obverse.