Lot 2097
Constantine IX Monomachus. Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.32 g), 1042-1055. Constantinople. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. Reverse: + CωnSτA-nτn bASIL?Ч Rm, crowned bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter with tendril ornament and globus cruciger with patriarchal cross. DOC 1a; SB 1828. Lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from S. M. Huston in 1983.
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