1951.31.4.1358: Coin of Constantine VII
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1358
- People
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Constantine VII, Byzantine (r. 945 - 959)
- Title
- Coin of Constantine VII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 920-931 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75055
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.41 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +COnSTAnT'bASIL'ROM'
- Reverse Inscription: +COnS | TAnTIn' | EnThetaEbAS (ThetaE overlined) | IL'ROM'
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 23.3 (p. 561)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1358
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Constantine VII facing, beardless, wearing traditional loros and crown with cross. In r. hand, labarum; in l., gl. cr.
Rev.: Inscr.
Verification Level
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