Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 27 mm, 4.37 g, 6 h), Constantinople. +IhC XIS REX RESnAnTIhM Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing cross nimbus with crescent in each upper quarter, and with his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding book. Rev. +CωnSTAnT bASILEuS RM Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus surmounted by a cross in his left. DOC 2a. SB 1829. Well preserved and sharp. Nearly extremely fine.