Byzantine Empire, Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067), AV Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate)

Description

Byzantine Empire, Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067), AV Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), + IhS IXS ERX REGNANTIhM, legend bungled, Christ seated facing, on throned with upright arms, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, double border, rev. + KWN RAC O DOVKAC, Constantine standing facing on footstool, wearing crown, saccos and loros, holding labarum with single pellet in shaft and globus cruciger, double border, 4.31g (SB 1847), beautifully toned, very fine