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Byzantine coin – HCR61401

Obverse

Inscription:

+IhSXISREX REGNANTIhM

Design:

Christ, bearded and nimbate, sitting on throne with square back, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospels on knee

Reverse

Inscription:

ΘCEbOHΘ' RWMANW, MΘ

Design:

Full-length figures of emperor and the Virgin. Emperor wears crown with pendilia, imperial tunic, and loros, and holds globus cruciger in left hand; the Virgin is nimbate, wears tunic and maphorion, and crowns emperor with right hand

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Middle Byzantine coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Romanos III, Byzantine emperor, 1028-1034

Dating

1028-1034

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

histamenon

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.4

Diameter (mm)

24.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1991

Source

D.R. Walker collection

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) : 1d

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker