| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 969-976 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Miliaresion (1⁄12) |
| Currency | Second Solidus Nomisma (720-1092) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.32 g |
| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#1792, DOC III-1#7b |
| Obverse description | At centre, medallion with bust of John I, crowned, wearing loros, flanked by inscriptions on each side; below, cross crosslet on two steps; above and on each side, cross crosslet; three borders of dots, the central one ornamented with eight globules. |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | ☩ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA I | Λ W | N (Translation: Jesus Christ Conqueror I/W A/N: John) |
| Reverse description | Text in five lines. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | - ·:· - IWAҺҺ ЄҺ X·ω AVτO CRAT ЄVSЄЬ ЬASILЄVS RωMAIω - ·:· - (Translation: John, by the Grace of God, Autocrator and Pious King of the Romans) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (969-976) - DOC III-2# 7b.1 - Reverse: lettering followed by a rosette shape - ND (969-976) - DOC III-2# 7b.2, 7b.3, 7b.4 - Reverse: AN instead of ΛN at right within medallion - ND (969-976) - DOC III-2# 7b.5 - Obverse: II·ω instead of X·ω; Reverse: lettering followed by a star shape - ND (969-976) - DOC III-2# 7b.6 - Obverse: T instead of τ in AVτO - |
| Numisquare ID | 2325468300 |
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