1042 AD - 1055 AD

Constantinus IX Monomachus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Κωνσταντίνος Θ' ο Μονομάχος   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Tetarteron / Τεταρτηρόν AV 17
 SHH 1542

1542 Constantinus IX Constantinopolis Tetarteron_AV

Parameter
Obverse

Reverse


Notes
Reference
 4.04 g   16.6/18.1 mm   6:00 o'clock   EF
Bust of Christ wearing nimbus cruciger; book of Gospels in left hand;
+IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm (blundered inscription) clockwise around; border of dots.
Facing bust of Constantinus wearing crown and jewelled chlamys;
holds labarum in right hand, and globus cruciger in left;
+CωnSτAnτΙnOS bASILEЧS Rm clockwise around (blundered inscription) border of dots.
Constantinopolis mint.
BMC 4/5; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 6; Ratto 1986; Sear Byzantine 1833