Period
Byzantine
Person
Theodora, Byzantine empress, 1055-1056
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
histamenon
Dating
1055-1056
Obverse
+IhCXIIRCX RCINΛNTIhM, Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, standing on dais, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holding Gospel-book to breast
Reverse
+ΘΕΟΔWIΛ ΛVΓOVCTΛ, M Θ, Full-length figures of Theodora and the Virgin, holding labarum with pellet on its long shaft between them. The empress wears crown with pinnacles and pendilia, imperial tunic, collar-piece, loros, and a shield-like ornament; the Virgin is nimbate, and wears tunic and maphorion