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Basil II

State: Byzantium
Mint: Constantinople
uid: 2724
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 robes with V shaped overgrment, ornamented with pearls, and maniakion, both rulers are with stemmas, decorated with crosses, holding labarum, with cross on shaft, between them, the senior emperor is holding it higher
Reverse: +IhS XIS RªX RªςNANTInM(or similar), facing bust of Christ, with nimbus with cross(with a pellet 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, I'C in field left, X'C in field right
rarity: RRR
nominal value: gold tetarteron nomisma
Date added: 2011-12-16 11:40:59    Hits: 186
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