★ Remarcable Half Lenght Bust & Christ Patokrator ★

Constantine IX Monomachus. AD 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma. (26,9 mm. 4,44 g.). Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm, nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising right hand and holding book of Gospels in left, two crescents in the upper sections of the nimbus. Rev.+ CⲰnSTAnTn bASILEЧS Rm, facing bust of Constantine IX, wearing crown and loros, holding long cross and cross on globe. Sear Byz 1830; DOC III 3. Extremely Fine, almost superb lustrous with two very clear images which is very difficult for a scypthae coin. Interesting half-lenght bust of the emperor and remarcable Christ Pantocrator. Rare in this grade.