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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5374 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine X; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3360, A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on square-backed throne (Type IIa) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book; double border of dots. Reverse: Emperor standing on cushion, facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand labarum, in l. hand globus cruciger; double border of dots. Inscriptions: Obverse: +IhISXSRCX RECNANTIhm (Jesus Christ, King of Kings) Reverse: +KWNRACΛ OΔOUKAC (Constantine Doukas, emperor) Bibliography: DOC.III.2.1b.4 Notes: Die drag on reverse; crack at 45 degrees on obverse. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constantine X Byzantine c.1006 1067 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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