1951.31.4.2105: Trachy of John III Vatatzes, Nikaia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2105
- People
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John III, Byzantine (r. 1221-1254)
- Title
- Trachy of John III Vatatzes, Nikaia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1221-1254 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Late
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182510
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Billon
- Metal
- Bi
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.46 g
- Denomination
- trachy
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IC XC (both are overlined) OE NU (N is backwards, U=upside-down infinite sign) MM HLambda (M is very stylized) Lambda
- Reverse Inscription: ]W (overlined) ODelta DeltaE
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.2, 39.1 (p. 501)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2105
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. 5-pellet design in each limb of nimbus cross.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine, bearded, holding between them patriarchal cross at the base of which are three steps. Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, jeweled loros of simplified type, and sagion; holds labarum-headed scepter in r. hand. Saint similarly dressed, holds scepter cruciger in l. hand.
Verification Level
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