Byzantine coin – HCR61086

Obverse

Inscription:

IhSXPSREXREGNANTIUM

Design:

Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospels to breast

Reverse

Inscription:

CONS[TA]NTCEROMAN'AЧGGbR'

Design:

Busts of Constantine VII and Romanos II holding patriarchal cross between them. Constantine wears crown with cross, imperial tunic and loros, Romanos wears crown with cross, imperial tunic and chlamys fastened with a brooch from which three pendants hang

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Middle Byzantine coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Constantine VII and colleagues, Byzantine emperor, 913-959

Dating

945-959

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Solidus

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.37

Diameter (mm)

20.2

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

20/12/1990

Source

D. R. Walker

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by D. R. Walker, 1990.

Reference

P. Grierson - 1973 - Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and the Whittemore collection. Volume Three Part II. Basil I to Nicephorus III (867-1081) : 15

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker