CONSTANTINE VIII GOLD HISTAMENON – CHRIST BUST ISSUE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20514)

$2,850.00

20514. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. CONSTANTINE VIII, AD 1025–1028.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.42 g, 25 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, bust of Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding the Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. +CωNSτANτIN bASILЄЧS ROm, bearded bust of Constantine VIII, facing, holding labarum and akakia.
Sear 1815.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “graffiti,” “brushed,” with a finely engraved portrait of Christ very much like the images on Orthodox icons.