ROMANUS III GOLD HISTAMENON – RARE VIRGIN WITHOUT NIMBUS ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20970)

$2,950.00

20970. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ROMANUS III, AD 1028–1034.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.39 g, 23 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ enthroned, facing, holding Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. ΘCE ΒΟΗΘ ΡωΜΑΝω, Virgin (without nimbus) standing on right, facing, crowning Romanus on left, Μ–Θ above.
Sear 1820.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, rare variety showing the Virgin without a nimbus, with only 28 specimens on CoinArchives (compared to nearly 1300 examples of the standard variety with the Virgin and nimbus, Sear 1819).