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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4847 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Constantine VII; Romanos II; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 945-959 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2607. 'From the collection of either the late Professor Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C.C. Oman', 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantokrator, beard straight, gospel clasped under l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantine on l. facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross; to r. facing bust of Romanos, beardless and smaller than Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Both holding long patriarchal cross between them. Inscriptions: Obverse: +IhS XRS RЄX RЄGNANTIUM (Jesus Christ King of Kings). Reverse: COhSτAhτ CЄ RomAh'AчIIII (Constantine and Romanos Emperors of the Romans) Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XXXVII AV15.23
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| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Oman, Charles British 12 January 1860 23 June 1946 | |
| Romanos II Byzantine 939 963 | |
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