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Alexius I Gold Hyperpyron
Christ blesses from the broad hyperpyron while the hand of God crowns Alexius I, announcing both a restored emperor and a restored gold currency.
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Anastasius I Gold Solidus
Anastasius inherited the late Roman solidus and made it the stable gold voice of a newly confident eastern empire. Victory and the long cross unite classical…
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Andronicus II and Michael IX Gold Hyperpyron
The Virgin guards the capital while Christ receives Andronicus II and Michael IX, using sacred ceremony to stabilize a difficult father-and-son partnership.
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Andronicus II Gold Hyperpyron
The Virgin shelters Constantinople while Andronicus II kneels before Christ, an image of humility from a reign confronting the empire’s accelerating contraction.
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Basil II and Constantine VIII Gold Tetarteron Nomisma
Christ’s commanding portrait and the paired emperors Basil II and Constantine VIII express the sacred and dynastic foundations of Macedonian power.
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Byzantine Gold Cross Pendant with Garnet
A double-sided Byzantine cross pendant whose garnet inset transforms a private jewel into an emblem of faith and protection.
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Byzantine Gold Stone-Inlaid Pendant
An elegant Byzantine pendant whose restrained gold setting focuses attention on the luminous stone at its centre.
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Constans II and Constantine IV Gold Solidus
Constans II and Constantine IV share the field as father and heir, while the reverse preserves both the cross and the younger sons who complicated the…
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Constans II Gold Solidus
The mature bearded portrait of Constans II faces a cross potent, a severe image of sovereignty from an empire fighting for survival on several fronts.
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Constantine IV Gold Solidus
Constantine IV’s military portrait is paired with a cross guarded by his brothers, preserving both victory and the unresolved tensions of imperial family rule.
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Constantine IX Gold Histamenon Nomisma
Christ enthroned faces Constantine IX across a broad histamenon, projecting sacred order during a reign of court culture, diplomacy and mounting pressure.
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Constantine V and Leo IV Gold Solidus
Constantine V and Leo IV appear together while Leo III occupies the reverse, arranging three generations of the Isaurian dynasty in gold.
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Constantine V Gold Solidus
Constantine V places his deceased father Leo III opposite his own portrait, using gold to turn ancestry into continuing political authority.
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Constantine VI and Irene Gold Solidus
Irene occupies one face and Constantine VI the other, a stark two-person image from one of Byzantium’s most charged struggles between regent, mother and emperor.
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Constantine VI Gold Solidus
Constantine VI appears beside his father on one face and his grandfather and great-grandfather on the other, inheriting a dynasty whose internal tensions would shape his…
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Constantine VII and Romanus II Gold Solidus
Christ precedes Constantine VII and Romanus II, presenting scholarship, ceremony and succession as government exercised beneath sacred authority.
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Constantine VIII Gold Histamenon Nomisma
Constantine VIII stands alone opposite Christ after decades as junior emperor, his portrait finally presenting the colleague as sole sovereign.
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Constantine X Gold Histamenon Nomisma
Christ enthroned faces Constantine X on a broad histamenon, preserving sacred calm at the opening of the Doukas dynasty.
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Early Byzantine Gold Crescent Earring with Birds
An openwork Byzantine crescent earring in which paired birds transform delicate gold into an intimate emblem of harmony and protection.
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Early Byzantine Gold Pendant Earring
A rare early Byzantine pendant earring preserving the graceful movement and refined scale of personal adornment.
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Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Gold Solidus
Heraclius and his son appear together before a cross on steps, turning succession into a public promise during decades of war and religious change.
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Heraclius Gold Solidus
Heraclius’s facing bust belongs to a reign that recovered the True Cross and then watched the old eastern order transform beyond recognition.
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Heraclius Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas Gold Solidus
Three emperors stand as a carefully ordered dynasty while the reverse cross strips imperial legitimacy to its most enduring sacred emblem.
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Heraclius Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas Gold Solidus
Heraclius and his two sons stand as a complete imperial household, while the cross reduces the empire’s hope of continuity to one monumental sign.
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