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Byzanz: Constantinus IX. 1042-1055 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11097
Obverse	+ CWnSt-Anth - bASILEUS Rm [Constantinus Basileus Romaion.]. Büste des Constantinus IX. mit Krone und Stola (loros) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in der l. ein Globus (sphaira) mit Kreuz.
Reverse	+ IhS XIS REX - REGNANTIhm. Der bärtige Christus auf einem Thron sitzt mit Nimbus im Segensgestus, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Die seitlichen Thronlehnen sind gekrümmt.
Sitter	Jesus Christ Constantinus IX (1042-1055)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Constantinus IX (1042-1055)
Date	1042-1055 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 ; 4,38 g; 26-29 mm; 5 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 739 Nr. 2 a-b (Class II).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1914 - 1931
Object number	ID7613
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