THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantine IX Monomachus, 11 June 1042 – 11 January 1055
Histamenon 1042-1055, AV 4.40 g. +IHS XIS REX – REGNANTIhM Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l. Rev. + CwhSTA – hTh – bASILEhS Rm Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia and loros , holding sceptre surmounted by leaved cross and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross set on crescent. DO 1b. Sear 1828A.
Good extremely fine
Ex Munz Zentrum 34, 1979, 984 and Spink’s, 13 July 2000, 672 sales.