Constantine IX Monomachus AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1049-1053. ⧾ IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺM, bust of Christ facing, wearing crown, pallium and colobium, crescent in upper quarters of nimbus, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / ⧾ CƜҺ[SƮAҺƮIҺOS] bASILЄЧS Rm, bearded bust facing, wearing crown and loros and holding long cross and globe surmounted by pelleted cross. DOC 3; Sear 1830. 4.39g, 28mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin.
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 239, 17 February 2005, lot 1990.