118, Lot: 254. Estimate $500. Sold for $862. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.42 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Facing bust of Constantine, holding labarum with pellet on staf, and akakia. DOC III 21; SB 1815. EF on full flan.