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Byzanz: Nikephorus III. Botaneiates 1078-1081 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11118
Obverse	+ NIKHΦ ΔECΠ - [TW ROTANIAT´] [Nikephoro Despote to Botaneiato]. Nikephorus III. steht mit Krone und Stola (loros) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in seiner l. ein Kreuzglobus (sphaira).
Reverse	Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus sitzt auf einem Thron im Segensgestus, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC.
Sitter	Jesus Christ Nikephorus III (1078-1081)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Nikephorus III (1078-1081)
Date	1078-1081 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.
	Electrum ; 4,23 g; 30 mm; 6 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) 826 Nr. 3 b (Class III).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1917 - 1931
Object number	ID8078
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