MICHAEL VII ELECTRUM HISTAMENON – CHRIST BUST AND EMPEROR – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (inv. 20303)

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20303. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. MICHAEL VII, AD 1071–1078.
Gold/Electrum Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), 4.18 g, 28 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. IC–XC, bust of Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding the Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction, IC–XC in fields. Rev. + MIXAHΛ RACIΛE, bust of Michael VII, facing, wearing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear 1868.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “lt. graffito,” with a very nicely rendered Christ portrait.