Histamenon of Michael VI | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1588
People: Michael VI, Byzantine (r. 1056 - 1057)
Title: Histamenon of Michael VI
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1056-1057 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Middle
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/75179

Physical Descriptions

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.00 g

Denomination

tetarteron

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: No inscr.
Reverse Inscription: +MIXAHL LV7OCRL7'. 7's backwards.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 3.2, 2.2 (p. 757)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1588
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of the Virgins orans, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion. To l., MR, to r., ThetaV (both overlined). Single border of dots.

Rev.: Emperor standing facing on cushion, wearing loros of modified type and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. hand long cross, in l., akakia. Single border.

Verification Level

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