1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 780 - 797
date: label: date made
content: 780 - 797
name: label: maker
content: Constantine VI Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus coin, Constantine VI
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 780 - 797
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait busts of Constantine VI, beardless, and Irene to his right; both are crowned with cross between their heads; Constantine VI wears chlamys and holds globus cruciger in right hand, his mother wears a loros and holds a cruciform scepter in left hand ; pellet in field between their faces.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: CONSTANTINOS / CA / b
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing front, each wearing crown and chlamys.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: IRIHI / AVG / MITRI / AV
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: Coins, Currency and Medals
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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.68.159.6090
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6090
label: accession number
content: 283645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .11 cm x 1.96 cm; 1/32 in x 25/32 in