1951.31.4.1621: Coin of Michael VII
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1621
- People
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Michael VII, Byzantine (r. 1071-1078)
- Title
- Coin of Michael VII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1071-1078 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75194
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.37 g
- Die Axis
- 8
- Denomination
- histamenon
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: No inscr.
- Reverse Inscription: +MIX AHLambda RACILambdaODelta
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 2a.5 (p. 804)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1621
- 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 (Type Vf) facing, with long pointed bard and cross nimbus with 5-pellet design (though middle pellet is a square) in arms, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised before breast in blessing, l. holds book, with X with 4 pellets in gaps and one in middle on cover, from beneath. Double border of dots.
Rev.: Bust facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia. In r. hand, labarum-headed scepter decorated with 5-pellet design; in l., gl. cr. with solid cross. Double border of dots.
Verification Level
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