Watch List notes:

Constantine VIII AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1025-1028. + IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus crown (ornamented with two crescents in its upper quarters), pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding codex in left hand, surrounded by triple border / + CƜNSTANTIN ЬASILЄЧS ROM, bust facing, with long beard, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, holding labarum in right hand and akakia in left hand, surrounded by triple border. Sear 1815; DOC 1. 4.42g, 25mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine; highly lustrous metal.