Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1174: Solidus of Theophilus, 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 Theophilus, Constantinople (Theophilus) , 1951.31.4.1174,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/197010. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1174 People Theophilus, Byzantine (r. 829 - 842) Title Solidus of Theophilus, Constantinople Classification Coins Work Type coin Date late 830s CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/197010 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.41 g Die Axis 6 Denomination solidus Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: ThetaEK'ThetaEOF'ThetaE' Reverse Inscription: *AnnASAnSTASIA State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.1, 4 (p. 428) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1174 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.: Three busts facing: Theophilos in center, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, with cross, between Thekla on l. and Theodora on r., each wearing crown with loros and triangular ornaments. Two crosses in field above. Rev.: Busts of Anna and Anastasia facing, each wearing crown with triangles, central cross, and pendilia. Cross in field above. 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 1, 428, cat. 4, pl. 22 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 95/figs 35a, 35b 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
