Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL COINS

Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 30mm, 4.43 g 5), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne. Rev. CωnSTAnTh bASILEU Rm Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding scepter ending in leaved cross in his right hand and globus surmounted by a cross resting on a crescent in his left. DOC 1a. SB 1828. Rare. Very attractive and sharp. Extremely fine.