Lot 2096
Constantine IX Monomachus. Gold Histamenon Nomisma (4.35 g), 1042-1055. Constantinople. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm, bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. Reverse: + CωnS-τ-Aτn bASILEЧS Rm, crowned bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 3; SB 1830. Intensely lustrous. Fine graffito ('X') in left reverse field. Nearly Mint State. Estimate Value $500 - 600
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from E. Waddell in the 1990s.
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| Realized $564 |
