BYZANTINE COINS
Constantine X Ducas, 1059-1067. Histamenon (Gold, 27 mm, 4.36 g, 5 h), Constantinople. +IhI XIS REX REGNANThIm Christ, nimbate, seated facing on straight-backed throne, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + KωN BACIΛ O ΔOVKAC Constantine standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding, with his right hand, labarum with pellet on shaft, and, in his left, a globus cruciger. DOC 1b. SB 1847. Attractive and well struck; nicely centered on a broad flan. Minor flan crack and some striking flatness, otherwise, extremely fine.