1 Solidus (histamenon nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1078 - 1081
date: label: date made
content: 1078 - 1081
label: period of administration
content: 1078 - 1081
name: label: head of government
content: Nicephorus III Emperor of Byzantium
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, 1078 - 1081
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
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: NIKHϕ / ΔEC / TW / ROTANIAT
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
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.6115
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electrum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .29 cm x 3.15 cm; 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in