1 Solidus (histamenon nomisma), Byzantine Empire, 1034 - 1041
date: label: date made
content: 1034 - 1041
name: label: head of government
content: Michael IV Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Michael IV Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Michael IV
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1034 - 1041
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ 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 triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS/ XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Michael IV wearing a short beard, crown, and loros, and holding labarum and globus cruciger; to left in upper field manus Dei, all surrounded by triple border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MIXAHL / bASILEUS / RM.
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.68.159.6106
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6106
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 2.71 cm; 1/16 in x 1 1/16 in