BYZANTINE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL COINS
Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Tetarteron (Gold, 17mm, 4.06 g 6), Constantinople. +IhC XIC RCX - RCGNΛNTIhm Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, with cross nimbus having a pellet in each arms, his right hand raised in benediction within his cloak and, with his open left hand, holding book of Gospels. Rev. +CωnSTAnT bASILEuS RM Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing jeweled chlamys, and holding a trefoil-tipped scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. DOC 5a. Nicely struck and centered. Extremely fine.