1951.31.4.1420: Coin of Basil II
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1420
- People
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Basil II, Byzantine (r. 976 - 1025)
- Title
- Coin of Basil II
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 989(?)-1001(?) CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74959
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.38 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- histamenon
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +IhSXISREXREGNLambdaNTIhM
- Reverse Inscription: +bLambdaSILCCOnSTLambdanTIbR
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 3b.3 (p. 617)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1420
- 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 •|• in each arm of cross, 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 modified loros and crown with cross, Constantine to r., beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding between them by l. hands a patriarchal cross crosslet.
Verification Level
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