THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantine IX Monomachus, 11 June 1042 – 11 January 1055
Tetarteron 1042-1055, AV 4.05 g. + his XIS RCA CSANTIhm Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising r. hand in benediction and holding the Book of Gospels in l. Rev. […] – Ant bASILEm Crowned bust facing, holding labarum and globe surmounted by pelletted cross. DO 6. Sear 1833.
Good extremely fine
Ex Baldwin’s 2, 1994, 149; Gorny and Mosch 164, 2008, 488, and Sincona 3, 2011, 3531 sales. From the W.J. Conte Collection.