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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1332
People
Constantine VII, Byzantine (r. 945 - 959)
Title
Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
914-919 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.35 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
solidus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: +IhSXPSREX REGNANTIYM *
  • Reverse Inscription: COnSTAnT'CEZWHEnXWb'R'

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 2.2 (p. 542)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1332
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Christ seated facing, bearded, on small lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic and himation, r. hand raised outward in blessing, book resting on l. knee.

Rev.: To l., bust of Constantine facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; to r., bust of Zoe facing, wearing traditional loros and crown with pendilia, semi-circular plaques, and cross. They hold between them a globus with tall patriarchal cross by its shaft, with Zoe's hand above Constantine's.

reverse die axis 7 o'clock

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, 542, cat. 2.2, pl. 36
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 98/figs. 39a, 39b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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