AV Histamenon Nomisma, 4.40g (24mm, 6h). +ΙhS XIS REX REςNANTInM. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger cr., pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, book of Gospels; double border / ΘCE bOHΘ' RWMAηW. The Virgin, nimbate (on r.) and Romanus, bearded (on l.), both stg. facing; the Virgin wears pallium and maphorium, and with Her r. hand crowns the emperor who wears saccos and loros, and holds globus cr. in l.; between their heads, MΘ.

Pedigree: Ex Kurt Hainz, Goldmünzen aus drei Jahrhunderten, Hess-Divo 330, Zürich 2019, lot 422 . Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 11, Basel 1953, lot 274.

References: DOC 1d. Sear 1819

Grade: Sharply struck with lustrous surfaces. Mint State. (bz1040)