Classical Numismatic
Group, Inc. Constantine IX 'Stellatus ׳Gold Histamenon
1933. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Histamenon (4.39 gm). Constantinople mint. +IHS XIS REX REGNANTInM, Christ enthroned / +CWNSTAnTn bASILEU RM, bust of Constantine holding sceptre and globus with cross on crescent. SB 1828A; DOC m lb. Choice EF. ($1000) The James Fox Collection.
1936. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Histamenon (4.36 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, nimbate bust of Christ / +CWNST ATn bASILEUS RM, bust of Constantine, holding globus cruciger and sword; two stars flanking his crown. SB 1831; DOC ΙΠ 4a. EF. ($2000) The James Fox Collection. "Stellati" appears in an Italian manifest of1059, and the reference is taken to mean the histamena of Constantine IX with two prominent stars flanking his portrait. The stars are often cited as referring to the supernova of 1054, but no Byzantine chronicle makes mention ofthat celestial event, and there is nofirm explanation for why the emperor would mark the event on his coinage. Whatever the significance of the stars, they mark a decidedly rare and short-lived issue, and undoubtedly were of import to the Byzantine court.
1934. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Histamenon (4.40 gm). Constantinople mint. IhS HIS REX REGNANTInM, Christ enthroned / +CONST AnTn bASILEUS RM, Constantine holding labarum and globus cruciger. SB 1829; DOC 2a. EF. ($350) The James Fox Collection.
1937. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Tetarteron (4.05 gm). Constantinople mint. IhS XIS REX REGN ΑΝΉΝηΜ, nimbate bust of Christ / +CWNSTAnTn bASILEUS RM, crowned facing bust, holding trefoil seeptie and globus cruciger. SB 1832; DOC m 5a. EF. ($1500) The James Fox Collection; ex William Herbert Hunt Collection: Highly Important Byzantine Coins (Sotheby's, 5-6 December 1990), lot 779.
1935. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Histamenon (4.40 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, nimbate bust of Christ / +CWNST ATn bASILEUS RM, bust of Constantine holding sceptre and globus cruciger. SB 1830; DOC ΙΠ 3. Choice EF. ($350) The James Fox Collection.
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1938. CONSTANTINE IX. 1042-1055 AD. AV Tetarteron (4.03 gm). Constantinople mint. IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, nimbate bust of Christ / +CWn AnT hOSILE, crowned facing bust, holding labarum and globus cruäger. SB 1833; DOC ΙΠ 6.8. EF. ($1200) The James Fox Collection. 253