PB Byzantine seal of Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-55).

PB Byzantine seal of Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-55).
Obv: Half-length representation of Christ Emmanuel, bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and in the left a book with a cover ornamented in center with two pellets. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of five pellets. Sigla at left and right: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς] Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription: [+Ἐμμα]νουήλ. Border of dots.
Rev: Half-length representation of (Constantine IX) bearded, wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a loros. He is shown holding a long cross scepter in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription: [Cωnst](a)nti(nos) a(u)tocr(ator) au(gustus) [R(o)m(aion)]. Border of dots.
Translation: Constantine, autocrator (and) augustus of the Romans.
Similar specimen, DO Seals 6, no. 73.11; Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 271, 2698.
Weight: 30.41 g.
Diameter: 35mm.

Year: 1042-55
Diameter: 35 mm
Weight: 30.41 g
Material: Lead