Coin of Romanos I | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1333
People: Romanos I, Byzantine (r. 920 - 944)
Title: Coin of Romanos I
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 921 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Middle
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/74997

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.29 g

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: +IhSXPSREX REGNANTIYM *
Reverse Inscription: ROMAn'ETCOnSTAnT'AYGG'b'

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 3.2, 4.2 (p. 543)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1333
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Christ seated facing, bearded, on small lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic and himation, r. hand raised outward in blessing, book resting on l. knee. Pierced at bottom of obv.

Rev.: To l., bust of Romanus I facing, bearded, wearing traditional loros and crown with cross. To r., slightly smaller bust of Constantine VII facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Between them they hold patriarchal cross.

Verification Level

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