1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) solidus coin, Michael III
- Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
- Obverse Image: Portrait bust Christ with cross behind head, He has long hair and a full beard, wears pallium and colobium, and raises right hand in benediction; He holds the Gospels in left hand.
- Obverse Text: IhSUS / XRISTOS
- Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Michael III, beardless, and Theodora on right, both crowned; the emperor wears chlamys and his mother wears a loros; between their heads is a cross.
- Reverse Text: MIXAHL / S / ϴEODORA
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- date made
- 842 - 867
- maker
- Michael III Emperor of Byzantium
- place made
- Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.12 cm x 1.98 cm; 1/16 in x 25/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.5825
- catalog number
- 68.159.5825
- accession number
- 283645
- 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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