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Basil II

State: Byzantium
Mint: Constantinople
uid: 2713
Obverse: +bASIL C COnSτAnT' b R(or similar),facing busts of emperor Basil II left, with short beard wearing loros of lozenge pattern, and Constantine VIII right, wearing chlamys, both rulers are with stemmas, decorated with crosses, holding patriarchal cross between them, the senior emperor is holding it higher, sometimes the shaft of the patriarchal cross is ornamented with triangle or bar, sometimes pellet beneath, 
Reverse: +IhS XIS RªX RªςNANTInM(or similar), facing bust of Christ, with nimbus with cross(with various kind of ornaments - bars, pellets, wedges, dots within circles), beard and moustache, wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospel in His left and blessing with His raised right hand
nominal value: gold histamenon nomisma
Date added: 2011-12-16 08:59:43    Hits: 261
                 
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