Constantine IX Monomachus AD 1042-1055. Constantinople
Fourrèe Histamenon Nomisma
27 mm, 3,85 g
+ IhC XIS RCX RCSNANTIhm, facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / + CωnSτ-Aτh bASILЄЧS Rm, crowned bust of Constantine facing, wearing loros and holding long cross in right hand and globus surmounted by pelleted cross in left.
very fine
Cf. DOC 3; Sear 1830.