★ Virtually as struck ★

Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 29 mm, 4.42 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +hIS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of gospels in his left. Rev. + CⲰnSTAnTn bASILEЧS Rm Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 2b. SB 1829. Perfectly centered and lustrous, a fresh and very attractive example. A few light marks on the obverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 728.