1 Solidus (tetarteron nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
1 Solidus (tetarteron nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) solidus (tetarteron nomisma) coin, Constantine IX
- Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
- Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and holds the book of Gospels with his left; all surrounded by triple border.
- Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
- Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Constantine IX wearing a bearded, crown, and jeweled chlamys; he holds a sceptre with a trefoil top and a globe surmounted by pelleted cross.
- Reverse Text: CWNSTANTN / bASILEUS / RM
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- date made
- 1042 - 1055
- place made
- Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
- city
- Turkey: İstanbul province, Constantinople
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.15 cm x 1.84 cm; 1/16 in x 23/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.6107
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.6107
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
- Byzantine Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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