MK-B | Byzanz: Michael VI. 1056-1057

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Byzanz: Michael VI. 1056-1057
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM45/35 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Gold
Obverse	MIXAHΛ - AVTOCRAT [Michael Autocrator]. Michael VI. auf einem Kissen stehend mit Krone und Stola (loros) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand einen Stabkreuz und in seiner l. ein Beutel (akakia).
Reverse	MHP - ΘV [MHP ligiert. Meter Theou („Mutter Gottes“)]. Büste der Muttergottes mit Nimbus in der Vorderansicht, die Hände betend erhoben (orans).
Sitter	Michael VI (1056-1057)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Michael VI (1056-1057)
Date	1056-1057 High Middle Ages
Denomination	Tetarteron (Gold) Tetarteron (Gold) Byzantine light-weight gold denomination with the value of c. 22-22 ½ carats. The coin was introduced under Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas (963-969) and continued to be struck until the monetary reform of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) in 1092. During the eleventh century, the coin went through various phases of debasement, with the gold content plummeting in the 1080s.
	Gold ; 4,10 g; 20 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) 757 Nr. 2 (datiert 1067-1057); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 359 Nr. 1841.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1868/28810
Vendor (to Museum)	Jean-Henri Hoffmann
Object number	18204122
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