Ancients
Constantine X Ducas (AD 1059-1067). AV histamenon nomisma (29mm, 4.33 gm, 6h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5 Constantinople. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIhM, Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing on lyre-backed throne, wearing cruciform nimbus, holding book of Gospels cradled in left arm / +ΚωΝ RACΛ O ΔΟVKAC, standing facing figures of Constantine, on left, crowned and wearing saccos and loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand, and the Virgin Mary, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, standing slightly left, raising right hand to bless the emperor. Sear 1848. DOC 2.. Sear 1848. DOC 2. Unusually clear strike, lovely surfaces free from the usual scuffs and graffiti.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD