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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1585
People
Augusta Theodora, Byzantine (r. 830 - 856)
Title
Histamenon of the Augusta Theodora Makrembolitissa
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1055-1056 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169499

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.45 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
histameron
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IhIXIIDCX RCSNLambdaNTIhM
  • Reverse Inscription: +ThetaEODeltaWILambda LambdaVGammaOVCTLambda

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 1a.3 (p. 751)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1585
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Christ standing on square souppedion (Type IVb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus with pellets, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, l. holds book, with 5-pellet design on cover, by lower edge. Double border of dots.

Rev.: To l., Theodora standing, facing, wearing crown with pinnacles and pendilia, divitsion, and loros with collar-piece and shield-like ornament; r. hand on breast. To r., the Virgin standing, facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion and holding l. hand up before body. To l. of her head, M, to r., Theta (both overlined). Between them they hold labarum with patterning on shaft, with pellet below. Double border of dots.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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