MK-B | Byzanz: Constantinus IX. 1054-1055?

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Byzanz: Constantinus IX. 1054-1055?
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	+ COnStAnT-nOS bASILEЧS Rm [Constantinus Basileus Rhomaion]. Büste des Constantinus IX. mit Krone und Pendilien im juwelenverziertem Mantel, auf der Brust ein Stern, in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Kreuzglobus (sphaira), die l. Hand am Schwertgriff. Beiderseits je ein Stern.
Reverse	+ IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm [Iesus Christus Rex Regnantium]. Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht.
Sitter	Constantinus IX (1042-1055)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Constantinus IX (1042-1055)
Date	1054-1055? 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; 26 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) 734 ff. 742 Nr. 4 a (datiert 1054-1055?); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 356 Nr. 1831.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1912/669
Vendor (to Museum)	Dr. Jacob Hirsch (Munich)
previous Owner	Eduard Friedrich Weber
Object number	18222067
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