Obverse Image: Front facing busts of Heraclius on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross; Heraclius has a short beard while Heraclius Constantine is clean shaven and is depicted significantly smaller than his father; cross above.
Obverse Text: dd / NN / hERACLIUS / ET / hERA / CONST / PPAVG
Reverse Image: Cross potent on four steps with mint mark below.
Reverse Text: VICTORIA / AVGU / CONOB
General Information: Obverse includes busts of Heraclius and his son, Heraclius Constantine, each wearing a crown with cross, with a cross above and between the two busts. Reverse includes a cross potent on three steps.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Romanus III Argyrus
Byzantine Empire, 1028-1034
Obverse Image: Christ sits enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium; raising his right hand in benediction and holding the book of Gospels in his left hand; all surrounded by a double border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Full image of the Virgin, nimbate on right wearing a pallium and maphorium crowning the emperor with her right hand; emperor Romanus stands on left, wearing a beard, saccos and loros and holding a globus cruciger in his left hand; between their heads Mϴ with four pellets on the fold of the robe hanging beneath the globus cruciger; all surrounded by a double border.
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Constantine IV helmeted, diademed and cuirassed, wearing a spear over shoulder, shield on left arm, helmet with frontal plume only, short beard, small hair tufts at ears, diadem ties flying out to left
Obverse Text: DN / CANUS / PP
Reverse Image: Cross potent on three steps between Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, both crowned, wearing chlamys, and holding globus crucigers; mintmark and officina letter below.
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.
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, with short beard wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and akakia, in field to left is a cross.
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing, beardless wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holds a scroll; in the fields on each side read IC -- XC
Obverse Text: IC / XC / KE / ROHΘEI
Reverse Image: Manuel I standing wearing crow, divitision and chlamys holding labarum and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross; in above field to right is the manus Dei.
Reverse Text: MA / NγHA / ΔEC / ΠO / TH / TW / ΠOP / Φ V /POΓ / NH / T
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Nicephorus II Phocus
Byzantine Empire, 963-969
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross with three pellets in each limb of the cross, pallium and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the book of Gospels.
Obverse Text: IhS / XPS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of the Virgin Mary, nimbate on left, wearing stola and maphorium and Nicephorus with short beard wearing crown and loros; they hold between them patriarchal cross.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Constantine IX
Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holds the book of Gospels; all surrounded in a triple border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Constantine IX wearing a beard, crown, loros, and saccos; he holds a cruciform sceptre with tendril ornament and globe surmounted by patriarchal cross; all surrounded in triple border.
Obverse Image: Portrait busts of Leo VI facing on left and Alexander facing on right seated on a double throne, each wearing a crown and loros, holding between them labarum.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Michael IV
Byzantine Empire, 1034 - 1041
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; raising his right hand in benediction and holding the book of Gospels in his left hand; all surrounded by a [double] border.
Obverse Text: IhS/ XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Michael IV wearing a short beard, crown, and loros, and holding labarum and globus cruciger in a [double] border.