BYZANTINE EMPIRE
CONSTANTINE VIII (A.D. 1025-1028). AV histamenon numisma. +IHS XIS REX REGNANTINM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels)(+ CWNTANTIN bASILEUS ROM, bust facing, with long beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and akakia. SB 1815. 4,38 g.
Grade: 1+ [VF]