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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5344 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine IX; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1042-1055 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0018. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on wide lyre-backed throne (Type 1d) facing, bearded, wearing tunic and himation, holding book with ornamental cover (:·:); triple pellet border. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, wearing loros of traditional pattern and crown with cross and pendilia, in r. hand beaded sceptre surmounted by leaved cross, in l. hand globus cruciger with patriarchal cross; triple pellet border. Inscriptions: Obverse: +IhSXISREX REGNANTIhM (Jesus Christ, king of kings) Reverse: +CωhST AhTh bASILЄЧSRM (Constantine, emperor of the Romans) Bibliography: DOC.III.2.1a.5
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| Constantine IX Byzantine 1055 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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