1 Histamenon Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Gold Romanos IV Diogenes ...

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Denomination:

1 Histamenon

Metal:

Gold

State:

Byzantine Empire (330-1453)

Issue year(s):

1068-1071

Person:

Romanos IV Diogenes (1030-1072)

Romanus IV Diogenes, AV Histamenon Nomisma Scyphate, 1068-1071, Constantinople

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Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, crowning Romanus on left and Eudoxia on
right, both standing facing and wearing saccos and loros, each holding globus cruciger in inside hand, double border

IC | XC across fields by Christ’s head

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Michael VII in center, Constantius on left and Andronicus on right, all standing facing and beardless, Michael wears crown,
saccos and loros, and holds labarum and akakia; his two brothers each wear the same costume and Constantius holds globus
cruciger in right hand and akakia in left, Andronicus vice versa; double border and dotted exergual band

21mm x 22mm, 2.81g

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Posted by: ancient 2010-02-19

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