Constantine VIII (AD 1025-1028). AV histamenon nomisma (25mm, 4.38 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, wavy flan. Constantinople. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄΣhANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with annulets in upper quadrants, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels cradled in left arm; triple border / +CΩNS-tANtIh bASILЄЧS ROm, facing bust of Constantine VIII, wearing crown with pendilia and square-pattern loros with jeweled collar, labarum in right hand, akakia in left; triple border. Sear 1815.

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