ROMANUS III GOLD HISTAMENON – POPULAR ENTHRONED CHRIST ISSUE – NGC CH XF BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 21531)

$1,875.00

21531. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ROMANUS III, AD 1028–1034.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.32 g, 25 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ enthroned, facing, holding Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. ΘCE ΒΟΗΘ ΡωΜΑΝω, Virgin standing on right, facing, crowning Romanus on left, Μ–Θ above.
Sear 1819.
NGC CH XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “clipped,” nicely centered coin struck on a broad planchet.