ROMANUS IV AND EUDOCIA GOLD TETARTERON – SUPERB MARY WITH CHRIST MEDALLION – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19673)

$4,700.00

19673. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ROMANUS IV WITH EUDOCIA, AD 1068–1071.
Gold Tetarteron Nomisma, 4.05 g, 19 mm. Issues of Constantinople.
Obv. + ΘKЄ–ROHΘ, half bust of the Virgin Mary orans, facing, wearing tunic and maphorion, holding medallion with the bust of Christ, MP–ΘV flanking her. Rev. + ΡωΜΑΝωS ЄVΔKΛI, busts of Romanus and Eudocia, both facing, holding long cross on a globus.
Sear 1862.
Ex Leu 77, 5/11/2000, lot 897 = Peus 268, 4/24/1968, lot 419.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “edge marks,” Peus provenance noted on label, a coin with a beautiful reddish toning throughout.