MICHAEL VII GOLD/ELECTRUM HISTAMENON – CHRIST BUST ISSUE – XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20412)

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20412. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. MICHAEL VII, AD 1071–1078.
Gold/Electrum Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), 4.35 g, 30 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. IC – XC, bust of Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding the Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. + MIXAHΛ RACIΛE, bust of Michael VII, facing, wearing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear 1868.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, “edge crimps,” “scratches,” “graffito.”