CONSTANTIN VIII GOLD HISTAMENON – ICON-LIKE CHRIST BUST ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19599)

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19599. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. CONSTANTINE VIII, AD 1025–1028.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.36 g, 24 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, bust of bearded Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding 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 AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “clipped.”