Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 919 - 921
date: label: date made
content: 919 - 921
label: period of administration
content: 0919 - 0921
name: label: head of government
content: Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantium
label: head of government
content: Romanus I Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Romanus I Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus coin, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus I
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 919 - 921
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing wearing a nimbus cross, pallium and colobium and raising his right hand in benediction and left hand 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 Romanus I with short beard wearing loros on left and Constantine VII beardless wearing chlamys on right, both wear crowns and hold between them a long patriarchal cross.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ROMAN / ET / CONSTANT / AUGG
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: 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.68.159.6097
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6097
label: accession number
content: 283645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .14 cm x 1.97 cm; 1/16 in x 25/32 in