Coin of the Byzantine Interregnum, Constantinople

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.806
People: Issued by Interregnum, Byzantine
Title: Coin of the Byzantine Interregnum, Constantinople
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 610 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Alexandreia ad Issum (Cilicia)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/145932

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

8.91 g

Die Axis

11

Denomination

follis

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., ANNO (downwards). In ex., ALambdaEpsilon(Joined Backwards and normal Cs)ANDelta. To r., [X]III (X has failed to register).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 2.1, 17 (p. 215)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.806
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Busts of Heraclius and his father, facing, both bearded and wearing crowns with pendilia, wearing consular robes. Between heads, cross.
Rev.: M. Above, cross.

Verification Level

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