Constantine IX Monomachus AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1042-1055. +IҺS IXS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺM, Christ seated facing on throne with curved arms, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, and holding book of Gospels in left; triple border / +CѠҺSƮAҺƮҺ ЬASILЄЧS RM, crowned bust facing, wearing loros, holding cruciform sceptre with tendril ornament in right hand, globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in left. DOC 1a; Sear 1828. 4.42g, 28mm, 58h.
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Ex Inventory of a Bavarian Merchant.