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Histamenon Nomisma - Constantine VIII
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1025-1028 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Facing crowned bust of Emperor Constantine VIII depicted to mid-length, attired in the imperial loros and wearing a jewelled stemma crown. The emperor holds a long processional cross in his right hand and a labarum-tipped sceptre in his left. The composition is rendered in the formal, frontal Byzantine court style, with the legend disposed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | + CWnSTAnTIn bASILEVS ROM (Translation: Emperor Constantine) |
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| Mintage | ND (1025-1028) |
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