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ID:     R_134
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Michael IV, the Paphlagonian
Date Ruled:     AD 1034 - 1041
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Histamenon nomisma
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 1034-1041
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     4,37 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     +IhS XIS RεX RεGNANTInm
Obverse Description:     Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, triple border
Reverse Legend:     +mIXAHL bASILεYS Rm
Reverse Description:     Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum an gl. cr.; above to l. manus Dei; triple border
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SBCV 1824
Reference2:     DO. 1
Reference3:     BMC 1-5
Photograph Credit:     Rosae
Source:     Rosae collection
Special Comments:     Ex Jesús Vico S.A. 6/3/2010 auction. Lot 352
Grade:     Good VF
Notes:     Thin, spread fabric, sometimes slighly scyphate,not this issue.