Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1332: Solidus of Constantine VII, 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"Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople (Constantine VII) , 1951.31.4.1332,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196615. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
