Lets see your portraits of Jesus

As the title says lets see em!


Anonymous Æ 40 Nummi
Time of Romanus IV
Constantinople
1065-1071 AD
Bust of Christ facing, right hand raised in benediction and holding scroll in left; IC-XC across fields
Bust of the Virgin facing with both hands raised; MHP-ӨV across fields.
28mm
7.47g
DOC Class G; Sear 1867

 

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I know I have told this story before..... I am a US collector that happened by an ancient dealers table at a show. This portrait of Jesus just mesmerized me. I have purchased quite a number of folles since, but none match the portrait on this one. I just absolutely love this coin.

 

OK, Where do I start... Nice class G by the way @Yorkshire !









These are my best ones, have a couple more but not as good. There are CoinTalkers that could fill pages with Jesus coins!

 

Still working on this one. Almost finished. I think it's coming along nicely.

 

Ok, just joking. Here's one.

Time of Basil II/Constantine VIII
976-1025 A.D.
Byzantine Class 2 anonymous AE follis

 

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Gavin. looks exactly like the original:

 

Jesus rising from the tomb Biaggi 2822

 

Constantine X Ducas, 1059-1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the short-lived Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy while in the Balkans the Hungarians occupied Belgrade. He also suffered defeats by the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan. Somewhat unhealthy throughout his reign, he died in 1067 at the age of 61.


AV Histamenon Nomisma. (AV, 28 mm, 4.41 g, 5 h), Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTҺIm Christ, nimbate, seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. +KωN RAC Λ O ΔOVKAC Constantine X standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 1a. SB 1847.

 

Jesus type bust of Helios Athens NewStyle.

 

Here's mine, the first portrait of Jesus on a coin (a solidus of Justinian II)

 

I think the first depiction of Jesus on a coin is on a Solidus of Marcian, which shows Jesus standing between Marcian and Pulcheria. The coin marks the marriage between Marcian and Pulcheria.

 

LOL... and wow, was that story a catastrophe!

 

ER
Eastern Roman Empire
Andronicus II and Michael IX
CE 1295-1320.
AR Basilikon,
22mm, 2.1g, 6h;
Mint of Constantinople.
Obv.: IC XC KVREI BOHΘH, Jesus Christ enthroned, right hand raised in benediction,large dot either side.
Rev: ΑVΤΩΚΡΑΤΟ - PΕC PWΜΑION; Andronicus standing left and Michael standing right; holding between them a labarum.
Comments: Andronikos was acclaimed co-emperor in 1261, after his father Michael VIII recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire, but he wasn't crowned until 1272. Sole emperor from 1282, Andronikos II immediately repudiated his father's unpopular Church union with the Papacy, which he had been forced to support while his father was still alive, but he was unable to resolve the related schism within the Orthodox clergy until 1310. [wiki]
These coins were all flatly struck
Reference: DOC V part 1.Class VIII.(f) 528-534
From the H8Modern Collection
Ex: @John Anthony

 

One of my favorite SNL skits:

 

I think the Ervig AV Tremissis 680-87 is one of the first renderings of Jesus/ although crude....

 

I won a new one just a couple of days ago, 18+ g on a nice big 33mm flan, kind of like one of the ones @Andres2 showed:



Plus I don't think any Jesus portrait thread is complete without Stevex6's Zombie Jesus:

Nicephorus II (963-969) w/ Basil II fourrée solidus.

(Speaking of which, nice mezzanino nuovo, @tibor!)

 

@Severus Alexander Thanks for the compliment. I intend to get an
"enthroned" one as well.
@Tejas Do you have a reference number for the "Marcian and Pulcheria"
coin?
@NewStyleKing Do you have a reference number for the "Helios Athens"
coin?

 

Anonymous Follis Class D
9.34gm
27.6mm

 

Here is a link to the coin with the earliest depiction of Jesus on a coin. It is the marriage solidus of Marcian and Pulcheria, minted in AD 450. The coin is apparently unique:

The Image of Jesus on Ancient Coins (coinweek.com)