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Byzantine

The Ashmolean Museum has a good representative collection of coins in all metals of the eastern Roman and Byzantine empire (AD 498 – 1453), and of its offshoots in Anatolia and the Balkans. It is rich in coins of the 12th to 15th century at Constantinople and Thessalonike, and of the so-called empire at Trebizond after 1204.

Byzantine coin (HCR61316)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Romanos III, Byzantine emperor, 1028-1034, Michael IV, Byzantine emperor, 1034-1041, Michael V, Byzantine emperor, 1041-1042, Zoe, Byzantine empress, 1028-1050

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1030/1035-1042?

Obverse

IC [ ], E[ ]MA N[ ], Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospel-book to breast

Reverse

IS X[ ] bAS IL[ ] bAS ILE, Cross on base and two steps, with pellet at end of each upper arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61317)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Romanos III, Byzantine emperor, 1028-1034, Michael IV, Byzantine emperor, 1034-1041, Michael V, Byzantine emperor, 1041-1042, Zoe, Byzantine empress, 1028-1050

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1030/1035-1042?

Obverse

IC [ ], +EMMA [ ], Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; clasps Gospel-book to breast with left hand

Reverse

IS X[ ] IAS IIE IAS IIE, Cross on base and two steps

Byzantine coin (HCR61318)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC X[ ], +EMMA N[ ]HΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation

Reverse

[ ]C XC NI K[ ], Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61319)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, +EMMA [ ]VHΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61320)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC +EM[ ]N[ ]Λ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61321)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

[ ]Λ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ

Reverse

IC X[ ] NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61322)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61323)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61324)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC X[ ], +EMMA NOVH[ ], Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61325)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

+E[ ] N[ ], Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61326)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, [ ] N[ ]VHΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC [ ]I KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61327)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

[ ]C X[ ], Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61328)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61329)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, +O EMMA NOVHΛ (reversed), Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61330)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, +EMM[ ] N[ ]VHΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61332)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

[ ] XC, E[ ] NOV[ ]Λ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61333)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

[ ]C XC, +E[ ] N[ ], Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm

Byzantine coin (HCR61334)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, +EMMA NOVHΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left hand holds Gospel-book

Reverse

IC XC NI KA, Jewelled cross, with pellet at end of each arm