CONSTANTINE X GOLD TETARTERON – ATTRACTIVE VIRGIN ORANS ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19552)

$2,450.00

19552. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. CONSTANTINE X, AD 1059–1067.
Gold Tetarteron Nomisma, 4.03 g, 20 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. Half bust of the Virgin orans, facing, MHP–ΘV (mother of God) and pellets above, all in fields. Rev. +KωN RACΔ O ΔVK, half bust of Constantine X, facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia.
Sear 1849.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 3/5, Surface 4/5, a scarce issue struck on a broad planchet, with a particularly refined rendering of the Virgin.