Constantine IX Monomachus (AD 1042-1055). AV histamenon nomisma (27mm, 4.42 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, wrinkled. Constantinople. + IhS XIS RЄX-RЄGNANTIhM, Christ seated facing on throne with curved back, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left; triple border / + CωhStA-hTh-bASILЄЧ RM, half-length bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing crown and loros, cruciform scepter with tendril ornament in right hand, globe surmounted by patriarchal cross in left; triple border. Sear 1828. Ex Collection of a Philhellene; Baldwin's, Fixed Price List 36, lot 19.

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