Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1123: Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople 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"Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople (Constantine VI) , 1951.31.4.1123,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196613. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1123 People Constantine VI, Byzantine (780 - 792) Title Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 792-797 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/196613 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Metal AE Technique Struck Dimensions 2.77 g Die Axis 6 Denomination follis Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: No inscr. Reverse Inscription: Below line, M, to l., X, to r., N, beneath, A. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 3.1, 7.5 (p. 346) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1123 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.: Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles, and pendilia. In r. hand, gl. cr.; in l., cross scepter. Rev.: Above horizontal line, bust of Constantine facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In r. hand, gl. cr. In field r., cross. Two pellets r., only 1 visible to l. Old info: reverse die axis 6 o'clock Obverse: facing bust of Irene, wearing loros and crown with cross Reverse: facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross large below central line, M (mark of value = 40 nummi); smaller, below, A (workshop 1); to the left and right, X and N (date formula 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, 346, cat 7.5, pl. 14 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 60/figs. 19a, 19b 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
