CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHUS, 1042-1055. AV Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople Mint, 1049-1053. ICG AU 50.S-1830. Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; Reverse: Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. Fairly well struck and lustrous, with a minor degree of doubling and free of any of the typical graffiti which tends to plague these later issues.