Coin Item Number: 3095/1333 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Byzantine coin of Constantine VI and Irene, 780-797. Obverse: large cross potent on three steps; to left, inscriptions says ‘InSϤSXRIS’; to right, ‘TϤSnICA’. Reverse: there is an inscription composed of five lines, which says ‘CO[nS]/TAnTInO/SSI[RI]nIE/CΘEϤbA/SILIS’; there is a cross after the last letter. The first inscription in translation reads ‘May Jesus Christ Conquer’. The second says ‘Constantine and Irene, by the Grace of God, Kings.’
History Of Use
“Miliaresion” (denomination); DO# 4; Sear# 1595.
Item History
- Made in Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey between 780 and 797
- Owned by David Herman before February 2, 2015
- Received from David Herman (Donor) on February 2, 2015
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- 3095/1333
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- silver metal
- Overall
- height 0.1 cm, diameter 2.0 cm, weight 2.0 g
Who
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Previous Owner
- David Herman
- Received from
- David Herman (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey
When
- Creation Date
- between 780 and 797
- Ownership Date
- before February 2, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 3095/1333