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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 (HCR79887)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constans II, Byzantine emperor, 641-668

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

662-668

Obverse

Full-length figures of Constans, with long beard, and Constantine, beardless, each wearing crown with cross; Constans also wears cuirass and holds long staff topped with cross in right hand, while Constantine wears chlamys and holds globus cruciger

Reverse

SCL, M, monogram of Constans above. Full-length figures of Herakleios (to left), and Tiberios (to right), each wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79889)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constans II, Byzantine emperor, 641-668

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

20 nummi

Dating

663-664

Obverse

Frontal busts of Constans II, with long beard, and Constantine IV, beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross; Constantine's chlamys is fastened at the left shoulder with round brooch from which three pendants hang

Reverse

+AN NOZ, K

Byzantine coin (HCR79910)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

669-672

Obverse

Frontal bust, beardless, wearing cuirass and helmet with plume; holds globus cruciger in right hand

Reverse

SCL, M, flanked by full-length figures of Herakleios and Tiberios, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross, and holding globus cruciger in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79911)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

669-672

Obverse

Frontal bust, beardless, wearing helmet and cuirass; holds globus cruciger in right hand

Reverse

SCL, M, monogram of Constantine above, and full-length figure of Herakleios to left, the latter wearing crown and chlamys

Byzantine coin (HCR79912)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

669-672

Obverse

Frontal bust, beardless, wearing cuirass and helmet with plume; holds globus cruciger in right hand

Reverse

SCL, M, flanked by full-length figures of Herakleios and Tiberios, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79913)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

669-672

Obverse

Frontal bust, beardless, wearing cuirass and helmet with plume; holds globus in right hand

Reverse

SCL, M, monogram of Constantine above, and full-length figures of Herakleios and Tiberios to left and right

Byzantine coin (HCR79914)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

672-677

Obverse

Full-length figure of emperor, with long beard, wearing cuirass and crown with cross; holds long staff topped by cross in right hand

Reverse

SCL, M, monogram of Constantine above, full-length figures of Herakleios and Tiberios to left and right, each wearing crown with cross and holding globus in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79919)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Ravenna

Denom.

Follis

Dating

675-682

Obverse

Bust 3/4 right, wearing cuirass and helmet with plume; holds spear behind head in right hand, and shield on left shoulder

Reverse

M, flanked by full-length figures of Herakleios and Tiberios, each wearing crown and chlamys

Byzantine coin (HCR79917)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Rome

Denom.

20 nummi

Dating

681-685

Obverse

Frontal bust, beardless, wearing crown with cross

Reverse

ROM (?), XX, cross above

Byzantine coin (HCR79915)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

682-685

Obverse

Full-length figure of emperor, wearing cuirass, paludamentum and crown (?); holds globus cruciger in left hand and spear (?) in right

Reverse

M, monogram of Constantine above

Byzantine coin (HCR79918)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor, 668 - 685

Mint

Ravenna (stated mint)

Denom.

Follis

Dating

683-685

Obverse

dNCONS [ ]A[ ] (?), Bust 3/4 right, wearing diadem; holds spear behind head in right hand

Reverse

RAV, ANNO [ ], M, with Θ below

Byzantine coin (HCR79926)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Justinian II, Byzantine emperor, 685-695 and 705-711

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Solidus

Dating

687-695

Obverse

d IЧSTI NIANЧPP (?), Frontal bust, beardless, wearing crown with cross and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder with round brooch from which three jewelled pendants hang; holds globus cruciger in right hand

Reverse

CONOB, VICTORIA AVGЧK, Cross potent on three steps

Byzantine coin (HCR79931)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Tiberius III, Byzantine emperor, 698-705

Mint

Ravenna

Denom.

Solidus

Dating

698-705

Obverse

[ ]IbERI ЧSPE ΛV, Frontal bust, with short beard, wearing cuirass and crown with cross; holds lance in right hand and shield on left shoulder

Reverse

CONOB, VICTORIA AV[ ]Ч, Cross potent on three steps, Θ to right

Byzantine coin (HCR79954)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Leo III, Byzantine emperor, 717-741

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

720-741

Obverse

ΛΕΟ[ ] ΔΕC[ ], Half-lenth figure of Leo, with short beard, wearing crown and holding cross in right hand

Reverse

[ ]N[ ] [ ]ΕCΠ, Full-length figure of Constantine (?), wearing chlamys

Byzantine coin (HCR79951)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Leo III, Byzantine emperor, 717-741

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c. 731-741

Obverse

ΛΕΟΝ ΔΕCΠ, Full-length figure of Leo, wearing chlamys and crown with cross

Reverse

KWNC ΔΕCΠ, Full-length figure of Constantine, wearing chlamys and crown with cross

Byzantine coin (HCR79952)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Leo III, Byzantine emperor, 717-741

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

c. 731-741

Obverse

ΛΕΟ[ ] ΔΕC[ ], Full-length figure of Leo, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; holds akakia in right hand

Reverse

KWNS [ ], Full-length figure of Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79949)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Leo III, Byzantine emperor, 717-741

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Tremissis

Dating

c. 735-741

Obverse

[ ]NLEO [ ], Frontal bust, with short beard, wearing crown with cross (?) and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder by round brooch from which three jewelled pendants hang; holds globus cruciger in right hand. C to right

Reverse

C N, Frontal bust, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder by round brooch from which three jewelled pendants hang; holds cross potent in right hand and akakia in left. I to right

Byzantine coin (HCR79950)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Leo III, Byzantine emperor, 717-741

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Tremissis

Dating

c. 735-741

Obverse

[ ]NOL EO[ ], Frontal bust, with short beard, wearing crown with cross (?) and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder; holds cross or globus cruciger in right hand

Reverse

~N C ON[ ], Frontal bust, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder by round brooch from which three jewelled pendants hang; holds cross potent in right hand and akakia in left

Byzantine coin (HCR79953)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine V, Byzantine emperor, 741-775

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Follis

Dating

751-775

Obverse

[ ] ΔΕC[ ], Half-length figure of Constantine V, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys

Reverse

[ ]EON [ ]OЧ, Full-length figure of Leo, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in right hand

Byzantine coin (HCR79961)

Period

Byzantine

Person

Constantine V, Byzantine emperor, 741-775

Mint

Syracuse

Denom.

Solidus

Dating

751-775

Obverse

Frontal busts of Constantine V, bearded, and Leo IV, beardless, each wearing crown with cross and chlamys fastened at the right shoulder with brooch from which three jewelled pendants hang; cross above heads

Reverse

[ ]OL EONPAMV, Frontal bust of Leo III, bearded, wearing crown with cross and loros, holding cross potent in right hand