CONSTANTINE IX GOLD TETARTERON – BUST OF CHRIST AND EMPEROR HOLDING LABARUM – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 18445)

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BYZANTINE EMPIRE. CONSTANTINE IX, AD 1042-1055
Gold Tetarteron nomisma, 4.06 g, 19 mm
Obv. IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚNANTIhM, facing bust of Christ raising right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels. Rev. + CwhST-Ahth ЬASILЄЧS RM, crowned bearded bust of the emperor, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear, 1833.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.