coin / Gold

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1991.02.0950
Object Name: coin
Lot: Monks, Dr. George Richard
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Gold
Weight: 4.31; 5.37 g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: 161
Artifact Obverse Inscription: +KWNRACΛ OΔOVKAC
Artifact Reverse Inscription: +[I]hSXISREX REINANThIM
Verbatim Date: 1059-1067 AD
Denomination: 4167
Authority: 4509
Mint: 2922
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Constantine X, bearded, standing facing on footstool; holding in right hand labarum with :.: and globular ornament on shaft; in left hand, globus cr.; wears crown, saccos and loros. Two borders of dots.
Coin Obverse Inscription: +KWNRACΛ OΔOVKAC
Coin Reverse Description: Christ, bearded seated facing on throne with back and upright arms; wears plain nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction; holds book of Gospels with :.: on cover. Two borders of dots.
Inscription Obverse Text: +KWNRACΛ OΔOVKAC
Class Title: The Moving Image In The Middle Images; Icons And Idols: Art And Debate In The Middle Ages
Class Instructor: Chatterjee, Paroma
Class Department: History of Art
Class Number: 394
Class Year: 2013; 2014
Class Semester: 774; 776
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1991.02.0950
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0950/dscn6344.jpg

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