Histamenon Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Gold Michael VII Doukas ( ...

Michael VII Ducas, AV Histamenon Nomisma Scyphate,
1071-1078, Constantinople

IC | XC across fields Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left, all in double border +MIX_AHLRACI O D Bust facing, bearded, wearing crown and loros, labarum with bar on shaft in right hand, globus cruciger in left, all in double border 28mm x 30mm, 4.44g