Watch List notes:

Romanus III Argyrus, 1028-1034. Histamenon (Gold, 24 mm, 4.42 g, 6 h), Constantinople. + ΙhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Christ Pantocrator seated facing on throne, holding Book of Gospels in his left hand and raising his right in blessing. Rev. Θ CE ΒΟΗΘ ΡωΜΑΝω / ΜΘ On the left, Romanus standing facing, wearing crown and loros (with six pellets in the end), holding globus cruciger with his left hand; on the right, the Virgin, nimbate and wearing robes, crowning the emperor with her right hand and holding maphorion in her left. DOC 1b. SB 1819. Well-centered. Very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired prior to 2007.