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Byzanz: Johannes Tzimiskes 969-976 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11024
Obverse	+ ΘEOTOC - bOHΘ´ IW dESP´ [Theotoke Boethei Ioanne Despote („Gottesgebärerin, hilf dem Herrn Johannes“)]. Maria mit Nimbus (r.) bekrönt Johannes (l.) in der Vorderansicht, dieser mit Krone sowie Stola (loros) und Patriarchenkreuz in seiner l. Hand. Über dem Kaiser die Hand Gottes (Manus Dei), über Maria M Θ („Mutter Gottes“).
Reverse	+ IhS XPS RE[X] REGNANTIUM. Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht.
Sitter	Jesus Christ John Tzimiskes (969-976)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	John Tzimiskes (969-976)
Date	969-976 n. Chr.
Denomination	Histamenon Histamenon The term applied to the standard, full-weight gold Byzantine denomination between 963 and 1092 to differentiate from the light-weight gold denomination (nomisma tetarteron). During the reign of Michael IV (1034-1041), the coin began to take a slightly concave shape, with the degree of curvature increasing over time. During the eleventh century, the coin went through various phases of debasement, with the gold content plummeting in the 1080s.
	Gold ; 4,44 g; 21 mm; 7 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 593 Nr. 3 (Class 2).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1913 - 1931
Object number	ID7172
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