Watch List notes:

Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 27 mm, 4.36 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +IhC XIC RCX RCSnΛnTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in each upper quarter of nimbus, crescent. Rev. +CωnSTAnT bASILEЧS Rm Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding long cross in his right hand and globus surmounted by pelleted cross in his left. DOC 3. SB 1830. Light scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From an Australian collection, ex Leu Web Auction 4, 24 June 2018, 1279.