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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4808 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo VI; Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 908-912 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0361. Ex 'foreign ambassador's' collection, 1957, from A.H. Baldwin, November 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ enthroned facing on lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic with r. hand raised in blessing and holding gospel on l. knee. Reverse: Leo standing l. facing bearded, wearing loros with end draped over r. arm and decorated with cross, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, to r. Constantine shorter standing facing beardless, wearing loros with end trailing over l. arm and decorated with cross, holding globus cruciger in l. hand. Both holding long patriarchal cross between them, Leo's hand above Constantine's, and both wear crowns topped with crosses. Inscriptions: Obverse: + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIЧM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: LЄOh ЄT COnSTANTI AЧʕʕI ROM' (Leo and Constantine, emperors of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 2
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Leo VI Byzantine 866 912 | |
| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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