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ID number:  BIRBI-B4855
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Constantine VII; Constantinople
Denomination:  Nomisma
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  945
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  4.52
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantokrator, beard straight, gospel clasped under l. shoulder. Reverse: Bust of Constantine facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in l. hand a globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +IhS XPS RЄK RЄGNANTIЧM (Jesus Christ King of Kings). Reverse: COhSτAn τ AVτCRAτnl (Constantine Emperor of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 pl. XXXVI AV13a.3

2 Related People

Constantine VII
Byzantine
905
959
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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