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.
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: Christ enthroned facing front wearing a nimbus cross, pallium and colobium and raising his right hand in benediction; in his left hand he holds the Gospel books.
Obverse Text: IhS / XRS / REX / RESNANTIUM
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Basil facing front, with a short beard and wearing loros; to his right Constantine faces, beardless wearing chlamys; both are crowned and hold together a patriarchal cross.
One (1) nomisma histamenon (solidus), 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.
One (1) solidus coin, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
Byzantine Empire, 945 - 959
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing wearing a nimbus cross with two pellets in each limb of the cross, a pallium and colobium and raising his right hand in benediction; in his left hand he holds the book of Gospels.
Obverse Text: IhS / XPS / REX / REGNANTIUM
Reverse Image: Facing portrait busts of Constantine VII with short beard and wearing the loros, and Romanus II beardless wearing chlamys, both are crowned and hold between them a long patriarchal cross.
Obverse Image: Facing busts of Leo IV with short beard and Constantine VI beardless to his right, each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads a pellet and cross above.
Obverse Text: LEON / VS / S / EGGON / CONSTANTINOS
Reverse Image: Portrait busts of Leo III and Constantine V each wearing a short beard, crown, and loros; pellet between their heads and cross above.
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.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Michael VII
Byzantine Empire, 1071 - 1078
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and holds in his left hand the book of Gospels; in left field IC, in right field XC; double border surrounding
Obverse Text: IC / XC
Reverse Image: Facing busts of Michael, bearded wearing crown and loros and holding labarum and globus cruciger, all surrounded by double 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.
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.
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left hand.
Obverse Text: IhS / XRS / REX / REGNANTIUM
Reverse Image: Leo VII stands facing on left beside Constantine VII to his right, each wear a crown, divitision and loros and hold between them a long patriarchal cross; each holds a globus cruciger in his other hand.