| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |
|
Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4976 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 989-1025 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 2.50 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2168. Bought Spink February 1942 |
|
|
Description: Obverse: bust of Basil l. and Constantine r. wearing loros and chlamys, respectively, and cross crowns with pendilia. In centre, cross crosslet on globus on four steps, shaft with pellet in U, and X at junction of arms. Reverse: inscription with -(four pellets)- below. Inscriptions: Obverse: Єn τOVτω hICA τ' bASILЄI C CωnSτ' (In this sign conquer, Basil and Constantine). Reverse + bASIL / C CωhSτAh / ΠORFVROG / ΠISτOI bAS / RωmAIω' (Basil and Constantine, the purple-born, faithful emperors of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AR17a
|
|
4 Related People | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |