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Byzantine Coinage and Imperial Portraiture (c. 4th–15th centuries)

Byzantine Coinage and Imperial Portraiture (c. 4th–15th centuries)

  1. Constantine I issues solidus portrait coinage

    Labels: Constantine I, Solidus

  2. Anastasius I reforms bronze coinage denominations

    Labels: Anastasius I, Bronze coinage

  3. Justinian I standardizes powerful imperial imagery

    Labels: Justinian I, Gold coin

  4. Heraclius coinage emphasizes dynastic co-rulership

    Labels: Heraclius, Dynastic portraiture

  5. Council in Trullo promotes human images of Christ

    Labels: Council in, Christ imagery

  6. Justinian II places Christ portrait on gold solidus

    Labels: Justinian II, Christ Pantokrator

  7. Iconoclast era shifts coin imagery away from holy figures

    Labels: Iconoclasm, Coin imagery

  8. Leo III coinage illustrates iconoclast visual priorities

    Labels: Leo III, Iconoclast coinage

  9. Restoration of icons renews Christ images on coinage

    Labels: Restoration of, Christ portraits

  10. Basil I issues solidus with Christ enthroned

    Labels: Basil I, Christ enthroned

  11. Cup-shaped “trachy” coinage spreads in 11th–14th centuries

    Labels: Trachy, Cup-shaped coins

  12. Alexios I launches 1092 coinage reform and hyperpyron

    Labels: Alexios I, Hyperpyron

  13. Michael VIII issues restoration-era hyperpyron imagery

    Labels: Michael VIII, Kneeling emperor

  14. John V introduces silver stavraton as top denomination

    Labels: John V, Stavraton

  15. Fall of Constantinople ends Byzantine imperial coin tradition

    Labels: Fall of, Constantine XI