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Maker(s):Basil I (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Solidus of Christ enthroned
Date Made:868-879 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Gold
Place Made:Europe; Asia; Turkey; Constantinople
Measurements:19mm; 4.362g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.440
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, raising right hand and holding book of gospels; +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM
Reverse: crowned facing busts of Basil on left, and Constantine on right, holding patriarchal cross between them; bASILOS ET COnSTAnT AVGG b

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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