CONSTANTINE X GOLD HISTAMENON – CHRIST ENTHRONED ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20720)

$1,500.00

20920. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. CONSTANTINE X, AD 1059–1067.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), 4.38 g, 27 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ enthroned, facing, holding the Gospels. Rev. +KωN RAC Λ O ΔOVKAC, Constantine, standing, holding globus cruciger and labarum with pellet on the shaft.
Sear 1847.
Ex Swiss collection formed in the 1990s–2000s.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, exceptionally detailed Christ, with a magnificent portrait.