Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1611: Histamenon of Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Histamenon of Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Romanos IV) , 1951.31.4.1611,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/168615. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1611 People Romanos IV, Byzantine (r. 1068 - 1071) Title Histamenon of Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1068-1071 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/168615 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.38 g Denomination histamenon Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: KPsiN MX ANDelta Reverse Inscription: +PPsiMANs EVDeltaTAIILambda (s sideways). In upper field, IC XC (overlined). State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.2, 1.5 (p. 790) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1611 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obv.: Three figures standign on separate cushions. In center, Michael VII, large, wearing modified loros with loros-waist and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. a labarum-headed scepter and in l., akakia. To l., similar figure of Constantius, holding gl. cr. in r. and akakia in l.; to r., Andronicus, similar, but akakia in r. and gl. cr. in l. Double border of dots. Rev.: Three figures standing, facing. In center, Christ standing on square footstool, nimbate, wearing tunic and himation, crowning Romanus on l. and Eudocia and r. Romanus wears modified loros and crown with pendilia, holds r. hand on breast and gl. cr. in r. Eudocia wears modified loros with kite-shaped panel and crown with pinnacles and pendilia, holds gl. cr. in r. and l. hand on breast. Double border of dots. reverse die axis 6 o'clock Publication History Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol. 3, part 2, 790, cat. 1.5 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 102/figs. 42a, 42b Exhibition History Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
