Romanus III Argyrus, 1028-1034. Histamenon (Gold, 22 mm, 4.52 g, 5 h), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, holding Book of Gospels in his left hand and raising his right in benediction. Rev. ΘCΕ bΟΗΘ RωΜΑnω / M Θ On the left, Romanus standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding globus cruciger with his left hand; on the right, the Virgin, wearing robes, crowning the emperor with her right hand and holding maphorion in her left. DOC 1a. SB 1820. Extremely rare with the Virgin lacking a nimbus. Good very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hild 75, 24 October 1997, 208.