1951.31.4.1334: Coin of Constantine VII
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1334
- People
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Constantine VII, Byzantine (r. 945 - 959)
- Title
- Coin of Constantine VII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 931-944 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75048
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.4 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +IhSXPSREX REGNANTIYM
- Reverse Inscription: +COnSTAnTInOSCERO MAn'EnXWb'R'
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 10.2 (p. 549)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1334
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Christ seated facing, bearded, on wide lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic and himation, r. hand blessing inwards in sling of cloak, l. hand holding book (by spine) on knee
Rev.: To l., figure of Constantine VII standing, beardless, wearing chlamys with tablion ornamented by cross and heavy crown with cross. In r. hand, gl. cr. To r., larger figure of Romanus I standing, bearded, wearing heavy crown with cross and loros whose fringed end, ornamented by + (with pellets at surrounding corners forming a square, passes over his l. arm. In r., gl. cr.. They stand on a souppedion and between them they hold shaft of long patriarchal cross.
Verification Level
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