Byzantine Empire, Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078), AV Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate)

Description

Byzantine Empire, Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078), AV Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, IC-XC with macrons in either field, double border, rev. + MIXAHL RACIL [O D], bust facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum with pellet in shaft and globus cruciger, double border, 4.26g (SB 1868), very fine