Romanus IV Diogenes (AD 1068-1071), with Eudocia, Michael VII, Constantius, and Andronicus. AV histamenon nomisma (26mm, 4.44 gm, 5h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople. PwNAN-ЄVΔKΠCI, central figure of nimbate Christ, standing facing on dais, reaching up with both hands to crown Romanus (on left), and Eudocia (on right), both wearing crown and loros, globus cruciger in inner hand; IC-XC across fields / KwN-MX-ANΔ, three figures of Michael VII (in center), Constantius (on left) and Andronicus (on right) standing facing on jeweled exergual line, all wearing crown with pendilia, saccos, and loros; Michael holding transverse jeweled vexillum in right hand and akakia in left, the other two both holding globus cruciger in outer hand and akakia in inner hand. Sear 1861. Lustrous surfaces, rarely encountered so fine. From The Santa Monica Collection

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