Romanus III Argyrus (AD 1028-1034). AV histamenon nomisma (23mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX-RЄϚNANTInm, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left; double border / ΘCЄ bOHΘ'-RwmAhw, standing facing figures of Romanus III (on left), bearded, wearing crown with pendilia, saccos and loros, six pellets on sleeve, globus cruciger in left hand, and the Virgin (on right), nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, crowning emperor with right hand; decorative element over MΘ in central field between their heads, double border. Sear 1819. Ex the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 3035 (9 September 2014), lot 32321; William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 5-6 December 1990), lot 756 (part of). HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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