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- Histamenon (‹See Tfd›Gr****: [νόμισμα] ἱστάμενον [nómisma] histámenon, "standard [coin]") was the name given to the gold Byzantine solidus when the slightly...
- adjective, literally "fourth-er"), and the full weight solidus was called the histamenon. The tetarteron was unpo****r and was only sporadically reissued during...
- that time the solidus (nomisma) became known as the ἱστάμενον νόμισμα (histamenon nomisma), in the Gr**** speaking world. Initially it was difficult to distinguish...
-  715–717) holding a globus cruciger surmounted by a patriarchal cross. A histamenon of co-Emperors Nikephoros II (r. 963–969) and Basil II (r. 976–1025) depicted...
- re****ured the mob they were in no danger of ********ination.: 503  Gold histamenon of Zoë and Theodora, 1042 Zoë (left), Constantine IX (centre), and Theodora...
- the empress Irene. Under Alexios the debased solidus (tetarteron and histamenon) was discontinued and a gold coinage of higher fineness (generally .900–...
- Histamenon of Nikephoros II (left) and Basil II (right)...
- Histamenon of Basil II (left) and Constantine VIII (right)...
- Michaelaton (Histamenon) of Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078)...
- Histamenon of Anna's brothers Basil II and Constantine VIII...