1 Solidus (Histamenon Nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
date: label: date made
content: 1042 - 1055
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Constantine IX
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holds the book of Gospels; all surrounded in a triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Constantine IX wearing a beard, crown, loros, and saccos; he holds a cruciform sceptre with tendril ornament and globe surmounted by patriarchal cross; all surrounded in triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: CWNSTANTN / bASILEU / RM
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.01831
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.01831
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 mm x 29.5 mm; in x 1 5/32 in