Coin

29-126-1529

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-1529
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Byzantine
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Constantinople
Creator Basil II | Constantine VIII
Period Byzantine Period
Date Made 976-1025 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Iconography Basil II | Constantine VIII | Bust | Christ
Description

AV. + bASILCCONSTANTIbR(inscription so small and worn reading uncertain) Busts of Basil and Constantine hold long cross between them. + IhSXISREXREGNANTINM Bust of Christ facing; oo in nimbus.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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