Constantine IX Monomachus AD 1042-1055. Constantinople
Histamenon Nomisma AV

29 mm., 4,41 g.

+ IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, raising right hand in benediction, and holding Gospels / + CωҺSTA-ҺTҺ ЬASILЄV RM, facing bust of Constantine, wearing crown and loros, holding cruciform sceptre with crescent in right hand and patriarchal cross on globe in left hand.

good very fine

DOC III 1a; Sear 1828.