Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 7 21 Sep 2022
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Constantine IX, Monomachus (1042-1055), gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIЧM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction, in left hand the book of gospels, within triple beaded border, rev. CWNSATA BASILЄUS RM, bearded bust facing, wearing crown and loros, holding long cross and globe surmounted buy cross of pellets, within triple beaded border, 4.38g, 6h (DOC 3; S 1830). About extremely fine / extremely fine.
Provenance:
Bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd., June 1998
The last Byzantine gold issue before the Great Schism of 1054. Another similar coin (S 1831) includes two stars and is thought to represent the supernova of 1054. Could that coin's two stars represent both the supernova and the emerging two churches?
Estimate: £300-400
Provenance:
Bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd., June 1998
The last Byzantine gold issue before the Great Schism of 1054. Another similar coin (S 1831) includes two stars and is thought to represent the supernova of 1054. Could that coin's two stars represent both the supernova and the emerging two churches?
Estimate: £300-400