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ID number:  BIRBI-B5350
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. C. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine IX; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tetarteron
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1042-1055
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.75
Weight (g):  3.40
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3398, Spink, 1958.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIIIc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand blessing, l. hand clasps book; single pellet border. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, bearded, wearing jeweled chlamys and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. hand beaded sceptre surmounted by trefoil, in l. hand globus cruciger; single pellet border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +IhSXISREXREGNANTIhM (Jesus Christ, king of kings) Reverse: +CωHST AHTh bASILЄЧSRM (Constantine, emperor of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC.III.2.5a.8

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantine IX
Byzantine

1055
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