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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1632
People
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
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74591

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.14 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
follis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: No inscr. In field, IC and XC (both overlined).
  • Reverse Inscription: +MI[ ] RACILambdaODelta

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 14b.7 (p. 819)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1632
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Christ (Type Ve) facing, bearded, with cross behind head, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised before breast in blessing, l. holds book from beneath, with 9-pellet square decoration. In field, IC and XC above lateral arms of cross, six-pointed stars beneath them. Double struck, and overstruck on Romanus IV.

Rev.: Bust facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. hand labarum, in l., gl. cr. Double Struck.

Verification Level

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