MK-B | Byzanz: Theodora 1055-1056

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Byzanz: Theodora 1055-1056
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	+ ΘEOΔWP - AVΓOYCTA [Theodora Augusta]. Theodora (l.) in Stola (loros) und mit Krone sowie die Jungfrau Maria (r.) mit Nimbus stehen in der Vorderansichht und halten gemeinsam ein Feldzeichen (labarum). Beiderseits der Mutter Gottes m - Θ (meter theon).
Reverse	+ IhS XIS DEX - DEGNΛnTIΛm [Iesus Christus Rex Regnantium]. Stehender Christus mit kreuzverziertem Nimbus, in den Kreuzarmen je ein Punkt, in den Händen die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht.
Sitter	Theodora (1055-1056)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Theodora (1055-1056)
Date	1055-1056 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 ; 4,31 g; 23 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	pierced
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 751 Nr. 1.a.1 (datiert 1055-1056); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 358 Nr. 1837.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1842 Rühle von Lilienstern
previous Owner	Major general August Rühle von Lilienstern
Object number	18217855
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