2011.1.17: Histamenon of Constantine VIII, Constantinople
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.1.17
- People
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Constantine VIII, Byzantine (r. 1025 - 1028)
- Title
- Histamenon of Constantine VIII, Constantinople
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1025-1028
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336400
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.38g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- histamenon
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +IhS XIS REX REGNANTI uM
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- John Work Garrett (1872-1942), bequeathed; to John Hopkins University (1942) sold; by mail bid auction by Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. and Bank Leu AG, "The Johns Hopkins University, The Garrett Collection, Part III " March 29, 1985 lot 518; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1985-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC III 2, 2 p. 709
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.1.17
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIII) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation, r, hand in cloak, l. holding book to breast.
Rev.: Bust of Constantine VIII facing, bearded, wearing collar piece, modified loros, and crown with cross and pendilia. In r. hand labarum surmounted by cross with pellet on shaft; in l. hand, akakia.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017
Verification Level
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