BYZANTINE COINS
Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 27mm, 4.40 g 6), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, with cross nimbus with crescent in each upper quarter, right hand raised in benediction and left hand holding book. Rev. +CωnSTAnTh bASILEU Rm Crowned facing bust of Constantine IX, wearing collar piece and loros, and holding a cross-tipped scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. DOC 3. SB 1830. Lustrous and sharp. Extremely fine.