some striking cracks
surface marks around reverse details
four stars of six points in angles
and the leaders of the Catholic Church and state
335-380 AD)
Romanus IV, Gold Histamenon Nomisma. some striking cracksRomanus IV, Diogenes (1068 1071), gold Histamenon, Constantinople, concave side, + PWMA[N'] VOK[I]A, Christ standing facing, IC XI, crowning Romanus on his left and Eudocia on his right, convex side, KWN MX AN, figure of Michael, holding labarum and akakia, between Constantius and Andronicus, each holding globus cruciger and akakia, all standing facing on footstools, double boarder of pellets, 4. 41g, 6h (Sear 1859). Extremely fine.