MK-MS-Uni | Byzanz: Michael VII. Ducas 1071-1078 n. Chr.

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Byzanz: Michael VII. Ducas 1071-1078 n. Chr.
	Münster, Archäologisches Museum der Universität Archaeological Museum, Exhibition AM10 Specials
Inventory no	M 2663
Obverse	IC-ΧC. Gewandbüste Christi frontal mit Kreuznimbus, in der l. Hand ein mit gleichmäßig verteilten Kugeln verziertes Buch; doppelter Perlkreis.
Reverse	+ MIΧ-[ΑΗΛ] - ΒΑΣΙΛ - [Δ]. Gewandbüste des Kaisers Michael VII. Ducas frontal mit Kreuzglobus in der l. und Labarum in der r. Hand.
Sitter	Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078)
Date	1071-1078 n. Chr.
Denomination	Histamenon Histamenon The term applied to the standard, full-weight gold Byzantine denomination between 963 and 1092 to differentiate from the light-weight gold denomination (nomisma tetarteron). During the reign of Michael IV (1034-1041), the coin began to take a slightly concave shape, with the degree of curvature increasing over time. During the eleventh century, the coin went through various phases of debasement, with the gold content plummeting in the 1080s.
	Gold ; 4,19 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	pierced
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III (1973) 806 Nr. 2d.21-22 Taf. LXVI. Ex Slg. Apostolo Zeno, Kat. Dorotheum II (1956) 18 Nr. 2553 (dieses Stück).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Vendor (to Museum)	Dorotheum Vienna
previous Owner	1. Chorherrenstift St. Florian 1747 - 1956 2. Apostolo Zeno
Object number	ID361
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