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, Michael VII
Byzantine Empire, 1071 - 1078
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing 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: Facing portrait busts of Constantine V with beard to the left and his son Leo IV, beardless on the right, each wearing a crown and chlamys and holding an akakia, cross between their heads.
Obverse Text: N/A
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Leo III facing with beard, wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent.
Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Philippicus with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding globus cruciger and eagle,tipped scepter surmounted by cross.
Obverse Text: FILEPICUS / MULTUS / AN
Reverse Image: Cross potent on three steps with mint mark below.
Obverse Image: Virgin enthroned facing front, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium and holding the nimbate infant Christ.
Obverse Text: MP / ΘV
Reverse Image: Isaac stands on left wearing crown, divitision, loros and holding labarum beside the Archangel Michael who stands, beardless and nimbate, wearing military attire; they hold between them a sheathed sword.
Reverse Text: I / CA / A / KI / OC / X / AP / X / MI
Obverse Image: Cross crosslet on a globus above two steps; at the center there is a circular medallion containing a portrait bust of John I wearing a short beard, crown and loros, dividing the inscription I / W / -- A / N; all surrounded in a triple border ornamented with eight equally spaced globules.
Obverse Text: IhSUS / XRISTUS / NICA
Reverse Image: Five lines of text with cross comprised of five pellets above and beneath; all surrounded by a triple border with eight equally spaced globules ornamenting it.
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 with an extremely exaggerated border; he holds a labarum and globus cruciger; in upper right field manus Dei.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Nicephorus III
Byzantine Empire, 1071 - 1078
Obverse Image: Christ seated facing front on a backless throne, wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and holds book of Gospels in his left hand, on either side of nimbus are IC - XC, all surrounded by a double border.
Obverse Text: IC / XC
Reverse Image: Nicephorus standing facing front on footstool wearing a beard, crown and loros, holding labarum with X on shaft and a globus cruciger; all surrounded by a double border.
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.
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 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.