Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1623: Tetarteron of Michael VII Ducas 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"Tetarteron of Michael VII Ducas and Maria of Alania (Michael VII) , 1951.31.4.1623,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/168622. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1623 People Michael VII, Byzantine (r. 1071-1078) Title Tetarteron of Michael VII Ducas 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/168622 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.00 g Die Axis 6 Denomination tetarteron Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: +ThetaKE ROHTheta. In field, MP ThetaV (both overlined). Reverse Inscription: +MI XAHLambda SM PA State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 4.2 (p. 808) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1623 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.: Bust of the Virgin facing, wearing tunic and maphorion, holding medallion of the Infant Christ with cross behind head. Single border of dots. Rev.: Half-length figures of Michael (on l.) and Maria (on r.), facing, holding between them long cross, with terminal pellets to arms, on shaft with X. Michael wears modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, Maria, modified loros and collar-piece and crown with pinnacles and pendilia. Single border of dots. reverse die axis 6 o'clock. worn die. 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, 808, cat. 4.2 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 103/figs. 44a, 44b 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
