1 Solidus, Byzantine Empire, 911 - 912
date: label: date made
content: 911 - 912
label: period of administration
content: 0976 - 1025
name: label: maker
content: Leo VI Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) solidus coin, Leo VI the Wise
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 911 - 912
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhS / XRS / REX / REGNANTIUM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Leo VII stands facing on left beside Constantine VII to his right, each wear a crown, divitision and loros and hold between them a long patriarchal cross; each holds a globus cruciger in his other hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: LEON / ET / CONSTANT / AUGG / ROM
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: 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.68.159.6096
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6096
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 2.05 cm; 1/32 in x 13/16 in