MK-B | Byzanz: Isaac I. Comnenos 1057-1059

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Byzanz: Isaac I. Comnenos 1057-1059
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 241, BM-23/09 Christian Saints
Obverse	X ICAAKIOC - BACIΛEVC RWM [Isaakios Basileus Romaion]. Stehende bekrönte Figur des Kaisers mit Feldzeichen (labarum) in der erhobenen r. und l. Hand am Schwertgurt.
Reverse	+ IhS XIS RCX - REGNANTInm [Iesus Christus Rex Regnatium]. Der segnende Christus mit Nimbus, die Bibel in der l. Hand, sitzend in der Vorderansicht.
Sitter	Isaac I Comnenus (1057-1059) Jesus Christ
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Isaac I Comnenus (1057-1059)
Date	1057-1059 High Middle Ages
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 ; 4,42 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	P. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 761 Nr. 1 (1057-1059); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 360 Nr. 1844.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	Alter Bestand (vor 1839)
Object number	18203502
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