AN Stamenon Nomisma
Constantine VIII
Byzantine
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Middle East
1025-1028
Gold
Diameter: 1 in. (24.9 mm)
Weight: 4.39 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29227
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bust of Christ facing Reverse: Bust facing with long beard
Course History
History 44.02, Arts of Power, from Augustus to the Sun King, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2023
History 10.02, Archival Research, M. Cecillia Gaposchkin, Summer 2023
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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