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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B5525ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Constantine VII; Zoe Karbonopsina; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  914-919
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  2.80
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, to l. wearing a loros and crown with pendilia and topped with cross, with Zoe taller to r. wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and topped with cross. They hold between them a long cross. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + Coh[…]nC[…] ZUH b' (Constantine and Zoe, Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: + COhS τAhZIhO CЄ ZOH bA SILIS RO MЄOh (Constantine and Zoe, Emperors of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 22

2 Related Media Items

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3 Related People

Zoe Karbonopsina
Byzantine


Constantine VII
Byzantine
905
959
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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