1 Solidus (Histamenon Nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1028 - 1034
date: label: date made
content: 1028 - 1034
name: label: head of government
content: Romanus III Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Romanus III Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Romanus III Argyrus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1028 - 1034
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ sits enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium; raising his right hand in benediction and holding the book of Gospels in his left hand; all surrounded by a double border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Full image of the Virgin, nimbate on right wearing a pallium and maphorium crowning the emperor with her right hand; emperor Romanus stands on left, wearing a beard, saccos and loros and holding a globus cruciger in his left hand; between their heads Mϴ with four pellets on the fold of the robe hanging beneath the globus cruciger; all surrounded by a double border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ϴCE / bOHϴ / RWMANW
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.68.159.6105
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6105
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6105
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 2.35 cm; 1/32 in x 15/16 in