969 AD - 976 AD

Ioannes I Tsimisces   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Ιωάννης Α' Τσιμισκής   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Histamenon Nomisma / Ιστάμενον Νόμισμα AV 22
 SHH 1134

1134 Ioannes I Constantinopolis Histamenon Nomisma AV


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 4.43 g   20.5-22.5 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets on the limbs of the cross;
right hand raised in benediction, book of gospels in left hand;
IhS XIS REX REGNATIhM clockwise around; border of dots.
Facing busts of the Virgin nimbate on right and Ioannes with short beard on left,
holding long patriarchal cross in his left hand;
the Virgin crowns the emperor with her right hand, MΘ above her head;
manus Dei above the head of the emperor; +ΘEOTOC / BOHΘ' Iω dESP clockwise around;
boarder of dots.
Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC 1; Dumbarton Oaks 3/II 3; Sear Byzantine 1785