solidus, Byzantine Empire, 945 - 959
date: label: date made
content: 945 - 959
label: period of administration
content: 0945 - 0959
name: label: head of government
content: Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus coin, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 945 - 959
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing wearing a nimbus cross with two pellets in each limb of the cross, a pallium and colobium and raising his right hand in benediction; in his left hand he holds the book of Gospels.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS / XPS / REX / REGNANTIUM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Facing portrait busts of Constantine VII with short beard and wearing the loros, and Romanus II beardless wearing chlamys, both are crowned and hold between them a long patriarchal cross.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: CONSTANT / CE / ROMAN / AUGG / b
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.68.159.6098
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .14 cm x 1.99 cm; 1/16 in x 25/32 in