THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantine IX Monomachus, 11 June 1042 – 11 January 1055
Histamenon 1042-1055, AV 4.39 g. +IHS XIS REX – REGNANTIhM Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l. Rev. + CωhST – ΛTh – bASILEhS Rm Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia and loros, holding long cross with pelleted ends and globus cruciger. DO 3. Sear 1830.
Good very fine
Ex Gorny and Mosch sale 199, 2011, 883.