Byzanz: Isaac I. Comnenos

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Events

Created

When	1057-1059
Where	Constantinople

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Jesus Christ

Commissioned

Who	Isaac I Komnenos (1005-1061)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Isaac I Komnenos (1005-1061)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Authority Christliche Ikonographie Coin Empress Gold High Middle Ages Histamenon Middle Ages

Description

Front: Stehende bekrönte Figur des Kaisers mit Feldzeichen (labarum) in der erhobenen r. und l. Hand am Schwertgurt.
Rear: Der segnende Christus mit Nimbus, die Bibel in der l. Hand, sitzend in der Vorderansicht.

Inscription

Vorderseite: X ICAAKIOC - BACIΛEVC RWM (Isaakios Basileus Romaion)
Rückseite: + IhS XIS RCX - REGNANTInm (Iesus Christus Rex Regnatium)

Material/Technique

Gold; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 4.42 g

Part of

Dollars des Mittelalters - Byzantinische Solidi (86)

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Literature

D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 360 Nr. 1844.
P. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 761 Nr. 1 (1057-1059).