1951.31.4.1581: Miliaresion of Constantine IX with the Meter Theou
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1581
- People
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Constantine IX, Byzantine (r. 1042 - 1055)
- Title
- Miliaresion of Constantine IX with the Meter Theou
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1042-1055 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/169897
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.83 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- miliaresion
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +DeltaECPiOI NACWZOIC
- Reverse Inscription: EVCERH MONOMAXON
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 7a.1 (p. 746)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1581
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: The Virgin standing, facing, orans, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion. To l., MP, to r., ThetaV (both overlined). Double linear border. Concave, large module.
Rev.: Emperor standing, facing, wearing scale armor, cloak, and crown with cross and pendilia. In r. hand, long cross with pellet at end of each arm; l. hand on hilt of sheathed sword resting with point on the ground. Double linear border.
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, 746, cat 7a.1, pl. 59
- Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 129/figs. 60a, 60b
Exhibition History
- Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
Verification Level
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