THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantine IX Monomachus, 11 June 1042 – 11 January 1055
Histamenon 1042-1055, AV 4.38 g. +IHS XIS REX – REGNAN[TIhM] Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l. Rev. + CωhST – A hTh – bASILE[hS Rm] Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia and loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DO 2a. Sear 1829.
Good very fine
Ex Gorny and Mosch sale 199, 2011, 875.