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Basil II

State: Byzantium
Mint: Constantinople
uid: 2717
Obverse: +bASIL C COnSτAnT' b R(or similar),facing busts of emperor Basil II left, with short beard wearing loros of square pattern, and Constantine VIII right, wearing chlamys, both rulers are with stemmas, decorated with crosses and pendilia, holding cross between them, the senior emperor is holding it higher, rarely a pellet on the shaft of the cross, Manus Dei above the head of Basil II, triple border
Reverse: +IhS XIS RªX RªςNANTInM(or similar), facing bust of Christ, with nimbus with cross(ornamented with 2 crescents in the upper fields of the nimbus), beard and moustache, wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospel in His left and blessing with His raised right hand, triple border
nominal value: gold histamenon nomisma
Date added: 2011-12-16 09:53:20    Hits: 236
                 
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