1951.31.4.1342: Coin of Constantine VII
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1342
- People
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Constantine VII, Byzantine (r. 945 - 959)
- Title
- Coin of Constantine VII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 914-919 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74999
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.45 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +COnSTAnT'CEZOHb'
- Reverse Inscription: +COnS | TAnTInO | CEZOHbA' | SILISRO | MEOn
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 22.15 (p. 560)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1342
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: To l., bust of Constantine VII facing, beardless, wearing traaditional loros and crown with cross. To r., facing bust of Zoe wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and cross flanked by two pinnacles. Between them they hold patriarchal cross.
Rev.: Inscr.
Verification Level
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