Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Histamenon - Isaac I
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1057-1059 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Second Solidus Nomisma (720-1092) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Emperor Isaac I Komnenos in military attire, wearing a jewelled crown with pendilia and loros; in his right hand he holds a sheathed sword pointing downward, and in his left hand an orb surmounted by a cross. The figure stands upon a simple base, enclosed within a beaded inner border, with the imperial legend distributed around the field in Greek characters. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | +ICAAKIOC BA-CILEVC RWM (Translation: Isaac Komnenos, Emperor of the Romans) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |