Histamenon - Romanos IV Diogenes

€1.00
IssuerByzantine Empire
Year1068-1071
TypeStandard circulation coin
ValueHistamenon (1)
CurrencySecond Solidus Nomisma (720-1092)
CompositionGold
Weight4.31 g
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueConcave
Hammered (scyphate)
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) BCV#1859, Fr#261
Obverse descriptionChrist standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cross, and crowing Romanus on left and Eudocia on right, both standing facing, wearing loros and holding cross on globe between them, IC-XC to upper centre left and right.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering+ PWMAN EVΔOKIA IC-XC
(Translation: RWMAN[OC] EVDOKIA : `Romanus [and] Eudokia`. Ἰ[ησοῦ]ς-Χ[ριστὸ]ς : `Jesus Christ`.)
Reverse descriptionMichael in centre, Constantius on left and Andronicus on right, all standing facing on footstools, all beardless and wearing loros; Michael holding labarum and akakia, his brothers each hold a cross on globe and akakia.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringKWN MX ANΔ
(Translation: KWN[stantinos] M[i]X[ael] AND[ronicos] : `Constantius, Michael [and] Andronicus`.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1068-1071)  - -
Catalog ID9523984840
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