1 Hyperpyron, Byzantine Empire, 1118 - 1143
date: label: date made
content: 1118 - 1143
name: label: head of government
content: John II
label: maker
content: John II Comnenus Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) hyperpyron coin, John II Comnenus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1118-1143
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ seated facing forward on throne with back, wearing a nimbus cross, pallium and colobium; in left hand holds the Gospels book; in left and right field, IC - XC.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IC / XC / KE / ROHθEI
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: The Virgin nimbate on right wearing pallium and maphorium stands on the right crowning John II as emperor, who stands left wearing divitision and loros and holds globus cruciger in left hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: Mθ / IW / ΔEC / ΠO / Vθ
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1995.0049.0149
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0049.0149
label: accession number
content: 1995.0049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 30.1 mm; 1/32 in x 1 3/16 in