Sear Byzantine Coins and their Values # sb1831
Constantine IX AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople mint. +IhSXIS REX REGNANTIhM, nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding gospels / +CWhSTANThOSbASILEuSRm, half-length bust of Constantine facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, holding globus cruciger and hilt of sword, large star on either side [possibly representing the Crab Nebula supernova of 1054.]
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