1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
date: label: date made
content: 842 - 867
name: label: maker
content: Michael III Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus coin, Michael III
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust Christ with cross behind head, He has long hair and a full beard, wears pallium and colobium, and raises right hand in benediction; He holds the Gospels in left hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhSUS / XRISTOS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Michael III, beardless, and Theodora on right, both crowned; the emperor wears chlamys and his mother wears a loros; between their heads is a cross.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MIXAHL / S / ϴEODORA
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
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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.68.159.5825
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.5825
label: accession number
content: 283645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .12 cm x 1.98 cm; 1/16 in x 25/32 in