Live auction - bby_919811 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Histamenon nomisma
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Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: c. 1071
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large et bien centré. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Frappe plus faible au droit. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, la tête coiffée d’un nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MIX-AHA - RACIA O.
Reverse description : Buste de Michel VII de face barbu, couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant de la main droite le labarum bouleté et de la gauche un globe crucigère.
Reverse translation : (Michel roi).
Commentary
Scyphate.