The numismatic iconography of the period of iconomachy (610-867)
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2018

This thesis considers the use of numismatic imagery in the Byzantine Empire during the period 610-867, with its main focus centred in the period 685-842.&#13;\n&#13;\nThough charting the iconographic trends and changes on the coinage of the period and the possible reasons behind them is the principal raison d’être of the thesis, it also tackles methodological issues such as the use and abuse of dies studies and ways of determining who decided what images appeared on coins. The main body of the t