Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 92 Part 1 23-24 May 2016
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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantine IX Monomachus, 11 June 1042 – 11 January 1055
Histamenon 1042-1055, AV 4.35 g. +IHS XIS REX – REGN[ANTIhM] Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l. Rev. + CωhSTA – hTh – bASILEh Rm Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia and loros, holding sceptre surmounted by leaved cross and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross. DO 1a. Sear 1828.
Minor marks on obverse, otherwise good very fine