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Gold Tetarteron - Isaac I
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1057-1059 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Nimbate Christ Pantokrator enthroned in frontal view, right hand raised in a gesture of benediction and left hand holding the Gospels, depicted in the hieratic Byzantine style. The nimbus is cruciform, and the figure is robed in imperial garments appropriate to divine majesty. A circular Greek legend surrounds the central effigy within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse description | Emperor Isaac I Komnenos depicted standing in full frontal view, wearing imperial crown and elaborate military costume including loros and armor. In his right hand he holds a sheathed sword and in his left a globus cruciger composed of four dots surmounted by a cross. A Greek legend disposed in two columns flanks the imperial effigy. |
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| Mintage | ND (1057-1059) |
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