1951.31.4.1625: Coin of Michael VII
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1625
- People
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Michael VII, Byzantine (r. 1071-1078)
- Title
- Coin of Michael VII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1071-1078 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74590
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.25 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- tetarteron
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +ThetaKERO HThetaEI+
- Reverse Inscription: ]PIA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 5d.2 (p. 809)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1625
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of the Virgin facing, nimbate, with pear-shaped ornaments on l. and r. of nimbus, wearing tunic and maphorion, holding medallion of the Infant Christ with cross behind head with pellet instead of arms. Single border of dots.
Rev.: Half-length figures of Michael (on l.) and Maria (on r.), facing, holding between them long cross, with terminal pellets to arms, on shaft with X and nearly encircled pellet. Michael wears modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, Maria, modified loros and collar-piece and crown with pinnacles and pendilia. Single border of dots.
Verification Level
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