Byzantine. Solidus (Coin) of Basil I with Christ Enthroned. 868 AD–870 AD. Byzantine Empire. Gold The imagery of Byzantine coins, as well as their use—or not—of religious imagery, reflects the different attitudes toward representation of divine figures as a result of the Iconoclastic (from the Greek eikon, or image, and klao, to break) Controversy, a fierce debate among Byzantine theologians over the appropriate role of images in religious worship that raged in Byzantium for over 100 years from about 730 to a radical departure from the numismatic imagery of iconoclast emperors, the coin
Byzantine. Solidus (Coin) of Basil I with Christ Enthroned. 868 AD–870 AD. Byzantine Empire. Gold The imagery of Byzantine coins, as well as their use—or not—of religious imagery, reflects the different attitudes toward representation of divine figures as a result of the Iconoclastic (from the Greek eikon, or image, and klao, to break) Controversy, a fierce debate among Byzantine theologians over the appropriate role of images in religious worship that raged in Byzantium for over 100 years from about 730 to a radical departure from the numismatic imagery of iconoclast emperors, the coin of Basil I (r. 976–1025) has an image of Christ Enthroned on its front, along with an inscription proclaiming the heavenly ruler “King of Kings.”
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