Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1626: Miliaresion of Michael VII Doukas and Maria of Alania Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Miliaresion of Michael VII Doukas and Maria of Alania (Michael VII) , 1951.31.4.1626,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/164982. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1626 People Michael VII, Byzantine (r. 1071-1078) Title Miliaresion of Michael VII Doukas and Maria of Alania Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1071-1078 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/164982 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Metal AR Technique Struck Dimensions 2.06 g Die Axis 12 Denomination miliaresion Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: TOVTW and [MIX]AHLambdaKAIMAPIA Reverse Inscription: MIXAHLambda | KAIMAPIA | PiICTOIRA | CILHCPW | MAIWN State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 6c (p. 811) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1626 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obv.: Cross crosslet above three steps, each arm ending in a pellet and with a pellet at either side below, with X at the central crossing and nearly encircled pellet on the shaft. To l., bust of Michael facing, wearing chlamys with tablion and crown with cross and pendilia; to r., bust of Maria wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with pinnacles and pendilia. Triple linear border. Rev.: Inscription with illegible upper ornament and -- • -- below. Triple linear border. reverse die axis 12 o'clock Publication History Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol. 3, part 2, 811, cat. 6c. Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 63/figs. 21a, 21b Exhibition History Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
