CONSTANTINUS IX MONOMACHUS, 1042-1055
Mint of Constantinopolis
Histamenon 1042-1055.Obv. +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.
Sear 1830. DOC 3.
4.37 g. Scyphate form. About uncirculated.