1 Hyperpyron, Byzantine Empire, 1118 - 1143
date: label: date made
content: 1118 - 1143
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 without back, wearing a nimbus cross, pallium and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the Gospels book; in left and right field, IC - XC.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IC / XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Facing half-length figures of the Virgin nimbate on the right wearing a pallium and maphorium and John II on the left wearing crown, loros, and holding an akakia in right hand; they hold between them a patriarchal cross beneath the manus Dei.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: θV / MP / IW / ΔECΠOTH
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
label: city
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Constantinople
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Tambakis, M.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.220069.01
label: catalog number
content: 220069.01
label: accession number
content: 220069
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: au (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 mm x 31.7 mm; in x 1 1/4 in