1 Solidus (Histamenon Nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1071 - 1078
date: label: date made
content: 1078 - 1081
name: label: maker
content: Nicephorus III Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Nicephorus III
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1071-1078
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IC / XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: NIKHϕP / ΔECΠ
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Byzantine Coins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0049.0147
label: accession number
content: 1995.0049
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0049.0147
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: electrum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 30.7 mm; 1/32 in x 1 7/32 in