BYZANTINE EMPIRE
ROMANUS III (A.D. 1028-1034). AV histamenon numisma. +IHS XIS REX REGNANTINM, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels)(QCE bOHQ RWMANW, the Virgin, nimbate (on right) and Romanus, bearded (on left), both standing facing; the Virgin wears pallium an maphorium, and with her right hand crowns the emperor, who wears saccos and loros, and holds globus cruciger in left; between their hads MQ. SB 1819. 4,38 g.
Grade: 1+/01 [VF/EF]