Eleven circular Turkish weights, marked with dates between 272 and 278 (corresponding to 886-892 C.E.). Cyrus Adler, a Biblical archaeologist with a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University who served as Honorary Curator of the Smithsonian’s Department of Antiquities, collected these in Constantinople, in 1891.
Two block alphabets: 26 letters, some double letters; q and Q; numbers to 10 and to 8; letters colored in groups of 2 or 3; all rows separated by simple crossbands; no border; silk embroidery thread on a linen ground; STITCHES-Cross, Crosslet, Satin, Herringbone, Marking Cross, Closed Feather; THREAD COUNT-warp 24, weft 22/in.
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Tiberius III facing forward with short beard wearing crown and cuirass and holding a spear diagonally across his body and shield.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Basil II Bulgaroktonos
Byzantine Empire, 976-1025
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross ornamented with rosette of pellets, pallium and colobium; raising right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the book of Gospels; all encased in triple border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of Basil on left with short beard wearing loros of square pattern, and Constantine VIII on right, beardless wearing a jeweled chlamys; both brothers are crowned and hold between them a long patriarchal cross crosslet and with the manus Dei above Basil's head; all encased in triple border.
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing forward wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and holds the book of Gospels in his left hand; on either side of the nimbus read IC -- XC.
Obverse Text: KE / ROHϴEI / IC / XC
Reverse Image: Alexius stands facing forward wearing a crown, divitision and jeweled chlamys; he holds a labarum and globus cruciger; in upper right field manus Dei.
Reverse Text: A / ΛE / ZIW / ΔEC / ПO/ T / / TW / KO / MNH / NW
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing front, wearing pallium and colobium and holding book of Gospels with both hands and dotted cross behind him; in field to left, IC - XC / NI - KA.
Obverse Text: IX / XC / NI / KA
Reverse Image: Cross with globus and two pellets at each extremity and X at center, in the angles are letters.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, John I Tzimisces
Byzantine Empire, 969-976
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing, wearing a nimbus cross with two pellets in the limbs of the cross, pallium, and colobium; He raises his right hand in benediction and holds the book of Gospels in his left hand.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of the Virgin marry, nimbate on the right and John I on the left, wearing a short beard and loros, holding a long patriarchal cross in his left hand; the Virgin wears stola and maphorium, crowns the emperor with Her right hand.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Constantine X
Byzantine Empire, 1059-1067
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front with upright arms wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raising his right hand in benediction and holds in his left hand the book of Gospels; all surrounded by a double border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Constantine X standing on footstool wearing beard, crown, saccos, and loros; he holds a labarum with pellet on shaft and globus cruciger, all surrounded by a double border.
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Theophilius with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys and holding patriarchal cross and akakia.
Obverse Text: ΘEOFILOS / bASILE
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of Michael II with short beard on the left and Constantine (Theophilius' deceased son) beardless on the right, each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads is a cross.
Obverse Image: Front facing busts of Heraclius on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Heraclius has a long beard while Heraclius Constantine wears a short beard.
Obverse Text: dd / NN / hERACLIUS / ET / hERA / CONST / PPAVG
Reverse Image: Cross potent on three steps with mint mark below.
Obverse Image: Portrait busts of Constans II, with long beard on left, wearing plumed helmet, and Constantine, beardless, on right, crowned; each wearing chlamys; cross between their heads.
Obverse Text : DN / CONSTANTINUS / PPAV
Reverse Image: Long cross on globe between facing standing figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Constantine VIII
Byzantine Empire, 1025 - 1028
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross ornamented with two crescents in its upper quarters, pallium and colobium; raising right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the book of Gospels; all encased in triple border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of Constantine VIII with long beard wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum with pellet on shaft, and akakia; all surrounded by triple border.