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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 (HCR61337)

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

Reverse

[ ]C X[ ] NI KA, Jewelled cross

Byzantine coin (HCR61338)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

[ ]C X[ ], +E[ ]M[ ] NOV[ ], 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 (HCR61339)

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

Reverse

[ ]C XC NI K[ ], Jewelled cross

Byzantine coin (HCR61340)

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

Reverse

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

Byzantine coin (HCR61341)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC XC, [ ] NOVHΛ, Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate

Reverse

IC X[ ] NI KA, Jewelled cross

Byzantine coin (HCR61342)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

1042?-c.1050

Obverse

IC [ ], +EMM[ ], Three-quarter-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate

Reverse

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

Byzantine coin (HCR61403)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

histamenon

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

+IhSXI[ ]CGNANTIhM, Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospel-book to breast

Reverse

+CONST AN bASI[ ], Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and prependoulia, imperial tunic, collar-piece, and loros; holds scepter cruciger in right hand and globus cruciger in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61404)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

histamenon

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

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

Reverse

+CWNST A NTL IASILEЧSRM, Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, collar-piece, and loros; holds scepter cruciger in right hand and globus cruciger in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61405)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

tetarteron

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

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

Reverse

+CWNST ANTL bASILCUS[ ], Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, and chlamys with tablion; holds sceptre surmounted by trefoil in right hand, and globus cruciger in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61406)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

tetarteron

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

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

Reverse

?, Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, and chlamys with tablion; holds labarum in right hand, and globus cruciger in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61407)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

tetarteron

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

[ ]ΧI.REXRCCNΛNT.hM?, Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospels to breast

Reverse

+CWN ΛNT [ ]ILE[ ]?, Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, and chlamys with tablion; holds labarum in right hand, and globus cruciger in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61408)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

histamenon

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

+IhSXISREX REGNANTIhM, Christ, bearded and nimbate, sitting on throne with lyre-shaped back, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospel-book on knee

Reverse

+CWNST ANTb ΛSILEUSR[ ], Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, and loros; holds sceptre surmounted by foliated cross in right hand, and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61409)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

miliaresion

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

+ΔΕCΠΟΙ ΝΑCWΖΟΙC, M-P ΘV, Full-length figure of the Virgin orans, nimbate, standing on dais, wearing tunic and maphorion

Reverse

EVCERH MONOMAΧON, Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, short tunic, scale armour, and cloak; holds cross with long shaft in right hand, and sheathed sword in left

Byzantine coin (HCR61410)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

two thirds miliaresion

Dating

1042-1055

Obverse

HR[ ] [ ]NITICA, M-P ΘV, Bust of the Virgin orans, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion

Byzantine coin (HCR61343)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055, Theodora, Byzantine empress, 1055-1056, Michael VI, Byzantine empress, 1056-1057, Isaac I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor, 1057-1059, Constantine X, Byzantine emperor, 1059-1067

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

IC XC, Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospel-book on knee

Byzantine coin (HCR61344)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

IC [ ], Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing

Byzantine coin (HCR61345)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

IC XC, Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing

Byzantine coin (HCR61346)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate

Byzantine coin (HCR61347)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

IC XC, Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospel-book on knee

Byzantine coin (HCR61348)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c.1050-c.1060

Obverse

Christ seated on throne with square back, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospel-book on knee