MK-B | Byzanz: Constantinus VIII. 1025-1028

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Byzanz: Constantinus VIII. 1025-1028
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM45/32 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Gold
Obverse	CWnStantIn bASILEUS ROm [Constantinus Basileus Romaion. Am Legendenbeginn ein Stern]. Büste des Constantinus VIII. mit Krone und Stola (loros) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in der l. Hand ein Beutel (akakia).
Reverse	+ IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm. Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Die beiden oberen Viertel über den Kreuzarmen des Nimbus sind mit je einem Kreis verziert.
Sitter	Constantinus VIII (1025-1028)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Constantinus VIII (1025-1028)
Date	1025-1028 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 ; 4,38 g; 25 mm; 7 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	pierced
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) 708 f. Nr. 2 (datiert 1025-1028); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 350 Nr. 1815; Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 1057.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1855/17648
previous Owner	Friedrich Emil Hermann Dannenberg - 1855
Object number	18204119
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