128, Lot: 438. Estimate $300. Sold for $507. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VIII. 1025-1028. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels; nimbus with annulets in upper quarters / Facing bust of Constantine, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum and akakia. DOC III 1.1; SB 1815. Good VF, traces of die rust on reverse.