ROMANUS III ARGYRUS GOLD HISTAMENON NOMISMA
Sear 1819, DOC 1d Very Fine, 24.9mm, 4.39 grams, Struck Circa. 1028 - 1034 C.E., Constantinople Mint
Obverse: + ΙhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM around Jesus facing, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, holding Gospels in his left hand and raising his right in benediction
Reverse: Romanus standing facing on the left, wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger with his left hand; on the right, Mary nimbate and wearing robes, crowning the emperor with her right hand and holding maphorion in her left, ΜΘ center above, Θ CE ΒΟΗΘ ΡωΜΑΝω around
