Romanus III. 1028-1034 AD. AV Histamenon, 4.40 gm. Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, Christ enthroned facing, nimbus cross behind head, holding book of gospels and raising right hand, double border. QCE bOHQ RWMAnW (or similar), Mary, *not nimbate* on right, crowning Romanus on left who is wearing a saccos and loros and holding cross on globe, with *six* dots on the fold of robe hanging below, MQ between their heads, double border. DOC III 1a; SB 1820. Courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica, auction 29.