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Histamenon (reverse) with Christ crowning Romanus (left) and Eudocia (right)
Byzantine, Constantinople
Reign of Romanus IV
A.D. 1068–1071
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm; Weight: 4.4 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.419
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: KWN MX ANΔ Three figures standing facing on separate cushions. In center, Michael VII, large, wearing modified loros with loros-waist and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. a labarum-headed scepter and in l., akakia. To l., similar figure of Constantius, holding gl. cr. in r. and akakia in l.; to r., Andronicus, similar, but akakia in r. and gl. cr. in l. Double border of dots
Reverse: [ ]WMANS Three figures standing facing. In center, Christ standing on square footstool, nimbate, wearing tunic and himation, crowning Romanus on l. and Eudocia on r. Romanus wears modified loros and crown with pendilia, holds r. hand on breast and gl. cr. in r. Eudocia wears modified loros with kite-shaped panel and crown with pinnacles and pendilia, holds gl. cr. in r. and l. hand on breast. In upper field, IC XC Double border of dots. Rest of inscription obscure
Reverse: [ ]WMANS Three figures standing facing. In center, Christ standing on square footstool, nimbate, wearing tunic and himation, crowning Romanus on l. and Eudocia on r. Romanus wears modified loros and crown with pendilia, holds r. hand on breast and gl. cr. in r. Eudocia wears modified loros with kite-shaped panel and crown with pinnacles and pendilia, holds gl. cr. in r. and l. hand on breast. In upper field, IC XC Double border of dots. Rest of inscription obscure
Provenance1935, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1935)