Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1610: Histamenon of the Augusta Eudokia Makrembolitissa 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"Histamenon of the Augusta Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Eudokia) , 1951.31.4.1610,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/169602. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1610 People Eudokia, Byzantine (r. 1067) Title Histamenon of the Augusta Eudokia Makrembolitissa Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1067 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169602 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.45 g Die Axis 6 Denomination histamenon Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: +IhSXISRCIX RCSNLambdaNTIhM (first h backwards). Reverse Inscription: +MIX EY DeltaK KPsiNS State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 1.1 (p. 783) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1610 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.: Christ seated on square-backed throne (Type IIc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in front of body in blessing, l. holds book by spine on knee. Double border of dots. Rev.: Three figures standing facing. In center, Eudocia, on dais, wearing modified loros and kite-shaped panel and crown with pinnacles and pendilia, holding in r. knobbed scepter; l. hand on breast. To l., Michael wearing modified loros with loros-waist and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r., gl. cr., in l., akakia. To r., similar figure of Constantius, but gl. cr. in l. and akakia in r. Double border of dots. 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, 783, cat. 1.1 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 102/figs. 41a, 41b Exhibition History Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
