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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1590
People
Isaac I, Byzantine (r. 1057 - 1059)
Title
Histamenon of Isaac I, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1057-1059 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/75180

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.37 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
histamenon
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: +IDeltaIXI[RCX RIGammaNANGammaILambdaM. Both Gammas backwards.
  • Reverse Inscription: +ICLambdaLambdaKIOCRLambdaCILambdaEVCPPsiM'

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 2.4 (p. 762)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1590
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Christ seated on backless throne (Type III) facing, bearded, with cross and nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised to side in blessing, l. holds Gospel book with ornament on cover, by spine on knee. Double border of dots. Concave.

Rev.: Emperor standing, facing, bearded, wearing scaled armor, cloak, and crown with cross and pendilia, grabs scabbard with l. hand and holds sword over his r, shoulder. Double border of dots.

Publication History

  • Alicia Walker, The Emperor and the World: Exotic Elements and the Imaging of Middle Byzantine Imperial Power, Ninth to Thirteen Centuries C.E., Cambridge University Press (New York, 2012), p. 6, fig. 4.

Verification Level

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