1951.31.4.2120: Trachy of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2120
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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