969 AD - 976 AD

Ioannes I Tsimisces   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Ιωάννης Α' Τσιμισκής   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία


Miliaresion / Μιλιαρήσιον AR 23
SHH 1539

2010 Ioannes I Constantinopolis Miliaresion AR


Parameter
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Notes
Reference
2.60 g   22.0-23.2 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
+IhSyS XRI / STyS hICA * clockwise around cross crosslet on Globus above two steps;
at centre, circular medaillon containing facing bust of Ioannes,
wearing crown and loros; I // ω / A // h either side of bust,
triple boarder of dots ornamented with eight equally spaced globules.
+IωAhh, / Eh X'ω AVTO / CRAT, EVSEb' / bASILEVS / RωmAIω' in five lines;
ornamemt with four pearls in the middle above and below;
triple boarder of dots ornamented with eight equally spaced globules.
Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC 5/6; Dumbarton Oaks 3/II 7a;
Sear Byzantine 1792