393, Lot: 285. Estimate $150. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25mm, 4.38 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding labarum with pellet on shaft in right hand, akakia in left. DOC 2 var. (serifs in nimbus); Füeg II 2.B.7; SB 1815. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 876610 (August 2010).