BYZANTINE COINS
Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 25mm, 3.28 g 6), 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. Lustrous and sharp. Extremely fine.