Intro
The History of Byzantine Coinage
Mints
Uses of Coins
Christianization of the Coin
Representation of Christ
Representation of the Virgin
Christ as a full-length standing figure also occurs in representations where he is crowning the emperor (photo below and see Case III, Nos. 10–12), an iconographic image frequently used in other media, such as the ivory plaque in Moscow (photo right).

Nomisma of Romanus I (920-44)


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