MK-B | Byzanz: Basilius II. Bulgaroktonos und Constantinus VIII. 976-1025

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Byzanz: Basilius II. Bulgaroktonos und Constantinus VIII. 976-1025
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM45/31 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Gold
Obverse	+ bASIL C COnStAnTIn b R [Basilius et Constantinus Basileis Romaion]. Büste des Basilius II. Bulgaroktonos mit Krone und Stola (loros) (l.) und die drapierte Büste des Constantinus VII. (r.) in der Vorderansicht. Sie halten mit ihrer r. Hand zwischen sich ein langes Patriarchenkreuz.
Reverse	+ IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm. Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht.
Sitter	Basilius II Bulgaroctonus (976-1025) Constantinus VIII (1025-1028) Jesus Christ
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Basilius II Bulgaroctonus (976-1025)
Date	976-1025 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; 25 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) 618 Nr. 3 i (datiert 989-1001?). Vgl. D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 347 Nr. 1797 (dort Nimbus mit Zierrat).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1862/28223
previous Owner	Hugo von Bülow - 1862
Object number	18204118
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