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Basil II

State: Byzantium
Mint: Constantinople
uid: 2718
Obverse: +bASIL C COnSτAnT' b R(or similar),facing busts of emperor Basil II left, with short beard wearing chlamys of unusual form, and Constantine VIII right, wearing elaborately patterned costume, both rulers are with stemmas, decorated with crosses, holding patriarchal cross crosslet, with globe on shaft, between them, the senior emperor is holding it higer
Reverse: +IhS XIS RªX RªςNANTInM(or similar), facing bust of Christ, with nimbus with cross(it has double rim, with 2 pellets in each limb of the cross), beard and moustache, wearing pallium and colobium, holding Gospel in His left and blessing with His raised right hand
rarity: RRR
nominal value: gold histamenon nomisma
Description: Small thick fabric flans 
Date added: 2011-12-16 09:59:05    Hits: 217
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