Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1581: Miliaresion of Constantine IX with the Meter Theou 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 Constantine IX with the Meter Theou (Constantine IX) , 1951.31.4.1581,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/169897. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1581 People Constantine IX, Byzantine (r. 1042 - 1055) Title Miliaresion of Constantine IX with the Meter Theou Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1042-1055 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169897 Location Location Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Metal AR Technique Struck Dimensions 2.83 g Die Axis 6 Denomination miliaresion Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: +DeltaECPiOI NACWZOIC Reverse Inscription: EVCERH MONOMAXON State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 7a.1 (p. 746) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1581 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.: The Virgin standing, facing, orans, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion. To l., MP, to r., ThetaV (both overlined). Double linear border. Concave, large module. Rev.: Emperor standing, facing, wearing scale armor, cloak, and crown with cross and pendilia. In r. hand, long cross with pellet at end of each arm; l. hand on hilt of sheathed sword resting with point on the ground. Double linear border. 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, 746, cat 7a.1, pl. 59 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 129/figs. 60a, 60b Exhibition History Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025 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
