Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1573: Miliaresion of Romanos III, Constantinople 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 Romanos III, Constantinople (Romanos III) , 1951.31.4.1573,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/193997. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1573 People Romanos III, Byzantine (r. 1028 - 1034) Title Miliaresion of Romanos III, Constantinople Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1028-1034 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/193997 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 2.17 g Die Axis 6 Denomination miliaresion Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: +PiAPThetaENE COIPiOLambdaVAINE Reverse Inscription: OCHLambdaPiIKEPiANTAKATOPThetaOI State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 3a.1 (p. 719) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1573 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.: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, standing on dais and turned slightly to the r. Her r. hand is on her breast and on her left arm she holds the Christ-child, raising r. hand in gesture of benediction and holding scroll in l. Triple linear border with eight globules on middle line. Rev.: Emperor bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, standing facing on round cushion, holding long patriarchal cross in r. hand and globe surmounted by patriarchal cross in l. Triple linear border with eight globules as on obverse. 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, 719, cat 3a.1 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 129/figs. 59a, 59b 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 Subjects and Contexts Ancient Coins 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
