Michael IV the Paphlagonian AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1034-1041. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding codex in left hand, surrounded by triple border / +MIXAHL ЬASILЄЧS RM, bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; manus Dei above, all surrounded by triple border. DOC 1d; Sear 1824. 4.41g, 26mm, 6h.
Mint State.
From the collection of D.I., Germany, purchased before 1992.