Watch List notes:

Michael IV the Paphlagonian, 1034-1041. Histamenon (Gold, 25 mm, 4.39 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + mIxAHL bASILEЧS Rm' Bust of Michael IV facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; above to left, manus dei. DOC 1b. SB 1824. Well struck and attractive. Extremely fine.


From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.