Byzanz: Romanus IV. und Eudocia
1068-1071 n. Chr.
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Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Vault |
Obverse |
+ PWMANS - EYΔKIAS. Romanus IV. (l.) und Eudocia (r.), beide mit Krone und Stola (loros), werden von Christus (Mitte, mit Nimbus), bekrönt. Romanus mit Kreuzglobus in der l. Hand, seine r. Hand auf der Brust. Eudocia dasselbe in der jeweils anderen Hand. Beiderseits IC - XC. |
Reverse |
KWN - MX - ANA. In der Mitte Michael VII. mit Feldzeichen in der r. Hand, l. Constantinus und r. Andronicus, alle mit Krone und Stola (loros). Constantinus mit Kreuzglobus in der r. Hand und Beutel (akaia) in der l. Hand, Andronicus dasselbe in der jeweils anderen Hand. |
Sitter![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) |
Jesus Christ
![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Romanus IV (1068-1071)
![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Eudocia (1067)
![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Andronicus Ducas
![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078)
![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Constantinus X Ducas (1059-1067)
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Class/status |
Imperial issue (medieval/modern) ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) |
Denomination |
Histamenon ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) HistamenonThe 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. |
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Gold ; 4,39 g; 26 mm; 6 h |
Publications |
Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 790 Nr. 2 (Class II). |
Department |
Medieval Period, High Middle Ages |
previous Owner![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) |
Heinrich Wefels 1914 - 1931
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