Romanus III (AD 1028-1034), histamenon nomisma, Constantinople, +IhS XIS REX REGNATINM, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and collobium and raising r. hand in benediction, in l. hand book of Gospels, double border, rev. ΘCE bOHΘ' RωMANω, Virgin, nimbate, with r. hands crowns the emperor who wears saccos and loros and holds globus cruciger, in l., between their heads MΘ, five pellets hanging on the robe beneath globus cruciger, wt.4.44gms. (S.1819), extremely fine (£200-250)