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Histamenon of John I (Class I)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 969–976
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm; Weight: 4.44 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.341
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (DOC Type VIIIb), bearded, with cross nimbus having 1 pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. arm raised in blessing in sling of cloak, l. clasps book to breast. Reverse: To l., bust of John facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in l. hand globus. To r., bust of the Virgin facing, nimbate, wearing mantle and maphorion, touching emperor's crown with her r. hand. Above, Manus Dei; to r., MΘ; in upper field center, large cross.