Coins from the Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was a political entity centred around its capital Constantinople, which was originally named Byzantium until Roman Emperor Constantine established a 'Second Rome' in the city in 330 AD. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the east, after the western part had ceased to exist in the 5th century AD. The Byzantine Empire lasted until the Ottoman conquest of its capital Constantinople in 1453.
Wikidata: Q12544

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Second Solidus Nomisma (720-1092)

1 Solidus Nomisma (Histamenon) = 4 Tetartera = 12 Miliaresia = 288 Follis

Solidus - Constantine VII, Romanos I and Christopher (Constantinopolis)
ND (921-931)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.34 g • ⌀ 21 mm
BCV# 1745, DOC III-2# 7.5, DOC III-2# 7.10, N# 116714
Solidus - Constantine VII and Romanos II (Constantinopolis)
ND (945-959)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.41 g • ⌀ 20 mm
BCV# 1751, DOC III-2# 15, N# 33611
Histamenon - Romanos III Argyros (Constantinopolis; nimbate Mary type)
ND (1028-1034)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.36 g • ⌀ 24 mm
BCV# 1819, Fr# 242, N# 92873
Histamenon - Constantine IX
ND (1042-1055)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.36 g • ⌀ 26 mm
BCV# 1830, N# 400194
Histamenon - Constantine X (Constantinopolis)
ND (1059-1067)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.50 g • ⌀ 26 mm
BCV# 1847, DOC III-2# 1b, N# 116716
Histamenon - Romanos IV Diogenes
ND (1068-1071)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.31 g
BCV# 1859, Fr# 261, N# 93282
Histamenon - Michael VII Doukas (Constantinopolis)
ND (1071)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.33 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
BCV# 1869, N# 8729
Histamenon nomisma - Nicéphore III Botaniatès
ND (1078-1081)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 4.27 g • ⌀ 28 mm
BCV# 1881, N# 362867
Histamenon nomisma - Alexios I Komnenos (Thessalonika)
ND (1082-1087)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.3 g
BCV# 1905, N# 353611
Æ17 - Basil I (Cherson)
ND (867-886)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.67 g • ⌀ 17 mm
BCV# 1719, N# 160116
Available for swap Æ18 - Romanos II (Cherson)
ND (959-963)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.38 g • ⌀ 19 mm
BCV# 1775, DOC III-2# 3, N# 169763
Miliaresion - Basil II and Constantine VII
ND (976-989)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.4 g • ⌀ 24 mm
BCV# 1810, DOC III-2# 17, BMC Byz# 16-20, N# 330328

First Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300)

1 Hyperpyron Nomisma = 3 Aspra Trachy Nomisma = 48 Aspra Trachy Stamena = 864 Tetartera

Available for swap ½ Tetarteron - John II Komnenos (Thessalonica; IW DECPOT)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.17 g • ⌀ 14 mm
BCV# 1954, N# 117652
½ Tetarteron - John II Komnenos (Thessalonica; IW DECPOT)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.57 g • ⌀ 15 mm
BCV# 1955, N# 296051
½ Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos (Thessalonica)
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.93 g • ⌀ 16 mm
BCV# 1978, N# 362853
Available for swap ½ Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2 g • ⌀ 16 mm
BCV# 1979, N# 206855
½ Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2 g • ⌀ 16 mm
BCV# 1980, BMC Byz# 78, N# 304115
Tetarteron - Alexios I Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1092-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.86 g • ⌀ 19 mm
BCV# 1920, N# 141937
Available for swap Tetarteron - Alexios I Komnenos (Thessalonica)
ND (1092-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.71 g • ⌀ 19 mm
BCV# 1929, N# 43199
Tetarteron - Alexios I Komnenos (Thessalonica)
ND (1092-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.7 g • ⌀ 22 mm
BCV# 1931, N# 169058
Available for swap Tetarteron - Alexios I Komnenos (Thessalonica; patriarchal cross type)
ND (1092-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.95 g • ⌀ 15 mm
BCV# 1932, BMC Byz# 56, N# 88939
Tetarteron - John II Komnenos (Type 1)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.47 g • ⌀ 18 mm
BCV# 1945, BMC Byz# 62-66, N# 173828
Available for swap Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos (Thessalonica)
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4 g • ⌀ 20 mm
BCV# 1975, BMC Byz# 75, N# 111129
Available for swap Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos (Thessalonica)
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 5.3 g • ⌀ 23 mm
BCV# 1976, BMC Byz# 86-90, N# 189300
Tetarteron - Manuel I Komnenos (Constantinople)
ND (1152-1160)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4 g • ⌀ 21 mm
BCV# 1968, N# 367707
Tetarteron - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1185-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.39 g • ⌀ 20.0 mm
BCV# 1994, Tziambazis# 11, DOC IV-1# 7, N# 126800
Tetarteron - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1185-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.47 g • ⌀ 23.5 mm
BCV# 1996, Tziambazis# 12, DOC IV-1# 9, N# 126801
Tetarteron - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1187-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.59 g • ⌀ 22.0 mm
BCV# 1998, Tziambazis# 13, DOC IV-1# 10a, N# 126798
Tetarteron - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1187-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.04 g • ⌀ 18.0 mm
BCV# 1999, DOC IV-1# 10b, N# 126797
Aspron Trachy - John II Komnenos
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.8 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Sommer Byz# 60.13, BCV# 1952, N# 234665
Available for swap Aspron Trachy - Manuel I Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 4.12 g • ⌀ 31 mm
BCV# 1965, N# 163196
Available for swap Aspron Trachy - Manuel I Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1143-1180)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 4.2 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
BCV# 1966, DOC IV-1# 13, N# 70299
Aspron Trachy - Manuel I (second coinage)
ND (1152-1167)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 4.0 g • ⌀ 31 mm
BCV# 1958, DOC IV-1# 3a, BMC Byz# 25, BMC Byz# 26, N# 296057
Aspron Trachy - Manuel I Komnenos
ND (1160-1164)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 4.6 g • ⌀ 31 mm
BCV# 1959, N# 302385
Aspron Trachy - Andronikos I Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1183-1185)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.30 g • ⌀ 27 mm
BCV# 1985, N# 111227
Aspron Trachy - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1187-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.9 g • ⌀ 34 mm
BCV# 1991, Tziambazis# 7, DOC IV-1# 2, N# 126804
Aspron Trachy - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1187-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.92 g • ⌀ 30 mm
BCV# 1992, DOC IV-1# 3, N# 126805
Aspron Trachy - Isaac Komnenos (Usurpation of Cyprus)
ND (1187-1191)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.44 g • ⌀ 28.0 mm
BCV# 1997, Tziambazis# 9, DOC IV-1# 5, N# 126810
Available for swap Aspron Trachy - Alexios III Angelos (Constantinopolis; IC-XC alone obverse lettering)
ND (1195-1203)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.67 g • ⌀ 27 mm
BCV# 2011, BMC Byz# 15, N# 80948
Aspron Trachy - Michael VIII Palaiologos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1261-1268)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.87 g • ⌀ 25 mm
BCV# 2265, N# 208324
Aspron Trachy - Michael VIII Palaiologos (Thessalonica)
ND (1261-1282)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.12 g • ⌀ 24 mm
BCV# 2295, N# 155030
Aspron Trachy - Andronikos II (Constantinople)
ND (1282-1295)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.3 g • ⌀ 26 mm
BCV# 2352, N# 342564
Aspron Trachy - Andronikos II and Michael IX
ND (1282-1328)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.4 g • ⌀ 26 mm
N# 132662
Aspron Trachy - Alexios I Komnenos
ND (1081-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.6 g • ⌀ 28 mm
BCV# 1918, N# 173837
Aspron Trachy Stamenon - John II Komnenos (Constantinopolis; ΙΩ ΔΕϹΠΟΤ Τ ΠΟΥΠΟΓΝΤ with the Christ)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.71 g • ⌀ 28.4 mm
BCV# 1944, BMC Byz# 53, N# 90549
Available for swap Aspron Trachy - Isaac II Angelos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1185-1195)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 4.56 g • ⌀ 26 mm
BCV# 2003, BMC Byz# 19-31, N# 149184
Aspron Trachy - John II Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 3.58 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
BCV# 1941, N# 156738
Histamenon Nomisma - John II Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1118-1143)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 4.3 g • ⌀ 30 mm
BCV# 1942, N# 362869
Hyperpyron - Alexios I Komnenos (Constantinopolis)
ND (1092-1118)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.44 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
BCV# 1913, Fr# 269, N# 22622

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