1951.31.4.1419: Coin of Basil II
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1419
- People
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Basil II, Byzantine (r. 976 - 1025)
- Title
- Coin of Basil II
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 977-989 (?) CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74958
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.36 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- histamenon
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +IhSXISREXREGNAnTIYM
- Reverse Inscription: +bLambdaJILCCOnJTLambdanTIbR
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 2j.2 (p. 616)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1419
- 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 VIIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having circle with dot in center in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of himation, l. clasps book to breast.
Rev.: Two busts facing, Basil to l., bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross, Constantine to r., beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding between them by r. hands a patriarchal cross with line segment perpendicular to shaft.
Verification Level
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