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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4984 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 977-989 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.20 Weight (g): 1.32 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0707. |
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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 two steps shaft with pellet in U, and X at junction of arms. Reverse: inscription. Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: …bASI… / …CωSTA… / …ORFVRO… / …ISTVbA… / …ωmAI… (Basil and Constantine, the purple-born, faithful Emperors of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AR18 Notes: Severly clipped. |
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4 Related People | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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