Ancients
Constantine IX Monomachus (AD 1042-1055). AV histamenon nomisma (27mm, 4.34 gm, 5h). NGC AU. 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs. Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚNANTIhm, bust of Christ facing with nimbus cruciger, crescents in the upper quadrants, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left arm; triple border / +CwhST-ATh-bASILEЧS Rm, bust of Constantine IX facing, with mustache and short beard, wearing crown with pendilia and loros of square pattern, cruciform scepter in right hand, globe surmounted by pelleted cross in left; triple border. Sear 1830. Warm golden color.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex CNG E-Auction 95 (4 August 2004), lot 194
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