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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1421
People
Basil II, Byzantine (r. 976 - 1025)
Title
Coin of Basil II
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1001(?)-1005(?) CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74960

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.37 g
Denomination
histamenon
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: +IhSXISREXREGNLambdaNTIhM
  • Reverse Inscription: +bLambdaSILCCOnSTLambdanTIbR

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 4d (p. 620)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1421
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having hexagon of pellets (six forming outline, one in center) in each arm of the cross, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of himation, l. clasps book to breast. Pellet before and after inscription.

Rev.: Two busts facing, Basil to l., bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with pendilia with bifid ends and there is a suspended crown over Basil's head. Constantine to r., beardless, wearing chlamys with tablion decorated with three vertically stacked pellets, and crown with cross, holding between them by l. hands a patriarchal cross crosslet. Cross after inscription.

Verification Level

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