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Histamenon Nomisma - John I Tzimiskes Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 969-976 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, nimbed with a cross, depicted in the Byzantine hieratic style. Christ is shown wearing a pallium and colobium, his right hand raised in a gesture of benediction while his left hand holds the Gospels. The nimbus features a cross with pellets in the angles. A circular legend surrounds the effigy within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse description | Two facing busts: at left, Emperor John I Tzimiskes wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and clad in imperial loros with jeweled collar, holding a scepter surmounted by a patriarchal cross; at right, the Virgin Theotokos wearing a maphorion and nimbus, her right hand resting on the shaft of the cross-scepter shared between the two figures. A circular Greek legend runs along the border identifying the Virgin as Theotokos and naming the emperor. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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