1951.31.4.1673: Coin of Alexios I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1673
- People
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Alexios I, Byzantine (1081 - 1118)
- Title
- Coin of Alexios I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1092/1093-1118 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146364
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.36 g
- Denomination
- hyperperon
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +KERO HThetaEI. IC XC in upper field (both overlined).
- Reverse Inscription: L (L=Lambda) LC TW (L=Lambda) ZI KO (Z is backwards) W MN (MN are joined) DCC N PiO W T
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 20h.3 (p. 220)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1673
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., gl. cr.. Manus Dei in upper r. field. Collar has four jewels.
Exhibition History
- Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, 01/26/2023 - 04/06/2023
Verification Level
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