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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1806
People
Andronikos I, Byzantine (r. 1183 - 1185)
Andronikos II, Byzantine (r. 1282-1328)
Title
Trachy Nomisma of Andronikos I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1183-1185 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165223

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Aspron
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.2 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
trachy

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 2a.1 (p. 347)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1806
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
reverse die axis 6 o'clock
Standing Virgin orant with clipeate bust of Christ child on her breast
Greek Inscription: clockwise from lower left, obverse to reverse (God-Bearer, help the ruler Andronikos); obverse, left and right (Mother of God); reverse, left and right of Christ (Jesus Christ)

Publication History

  • Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol. 4, part 1, 347, cat.2a.1
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 130/figs. 61a, 61b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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