Watch List notes:

Constantine IX (A.D. 1042-1055), gold Histamenon, mint of Constantinople, +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, facing bust of Christ, wearing a nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, crowned bust of emperor facing, holding a long cross and a globe surmounted by a pelleted cross, 4.43g, 6h (S 1830; DO 3). Extremely fine.