Trachy of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.2120
People: John Komnenos-Doukas, Byzantine (r. 1237 - 1244)
Title: Trachy of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1237-(?) CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period: Byzantine period, Middle
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/182480

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Billon

Metal

Bi

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

1.04 g

Denomination

trachy

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV (both overlined) in field.
Reverse Inscription: IW in upper r. field (overlined)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 4.2, 34 (p. 595)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.2120
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Two stars under field inscription.

Rev.: Full-length figure of winged emperor, wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., anexikakia.

Verification Level

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