Constantine IX Monomachus AD 1042-1055. Constantinople
Histamenon AV
28 mm., 4,37 g.
+ IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, raising His right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left / + CωnSTAnτn bASILЄЧS Rm, bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus surmounted by simple cross in his left.
nearly extremely fine
DOC 2b; Sear 1829.