1 Solidus (tetarteron nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1055 - 1056
date: label: date made
content: 1055 - 1056
name: label: head of government
content: Theodora Empress of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Theodora Empress of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus (tetarteron nomisma) coin, Theodora (second reign)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1055 - 1056
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ facing wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holds the book of Gospels; in left field IC, in right field XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IC / XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Theodora wearing crown, saccos and loros; holding jeweled sceptre and globus cruciger.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ϴEOΔWRA / AVΓOVCTA
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.68.159.6108
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6108
label: accession number
content: 283645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .16 cm x 1.76 cm; 1/16 in x 11/16 in