124, Lot: 288. Estimate $200. Sold for $301. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROMANUS IV, Diogenes. 1068-1071. AV Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 4.00 gm). Constantinople mint. Constantius and Andronicus, each holding a globus cruciger, standing facing on either side of Michael holding labarum and akakia; all on beaded exergual line / Christ, nimbate, standing facing on footstool, crowning Romanus and Eudocia, each holding a globus cruciger. DOC III 2; SB 1861. VF, attractive strike with traces of red toning in obverse devices.

Ex Elsen 82 (11 December 2004), lot 747.