Constantine IX Monomachus (AD 1042-1055). AV tetarteron nomisma (19mm, 4.00 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚNANTIhM (first h retrograde), bust of Christ facing, wearing plain nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / + CwhS-AhT-hOS ILЄ m, bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing crown with pendilia and jeweled chlamys with collar, transverse labarum in right hand, globe surmounted by pelleted cross in left; single border. Sear 1833. Struck on a buttery, velveteen flan.

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