Histamenon
The Histamenon: Byzantium’s Golden Legacy Picture this: It’s the year 950 AD, and you’re in Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire. You hand over a gleaming gold coin—a Histamenon—to a merchant for silk from the
The Histamenon: Byzantium’s Golden Legacy Picture this: It’s the year 950 AD, and you’re in Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire. You hand over a gleaming gold coin—a Histamenon—to a merchant for silk from the