1 Nomisma Histamenon (Solidus), Byzantine Empire, 976 - 1025
date: label: date made
content: 976 - 1025
label: period of administration
content: 969 - 976
name: label: maker
content: Basil II Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) nomisma histamenon (solidus), Basil II Bulgaroktonos
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 976 - 1025
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing nimbus cross ornamented with rosette of pellets, pallium and colobium; raising right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the book of Gospels; all encased in triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait busts of Basil on left with short beard wearing loros of square pattern, and Constantine VIII on right, beardless wearing a jeweled chlamys; both brothers are crowned and hold between them a long patriarchal cross crosslet and with the manus Dei above Basil's head; all encased in triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: bASIL / C / CONSTANT / b / R
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
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.6102
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .12 cm x 2.27 cm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in