1951.31.4.2101: Copper Trachy of Theodore I, Nikaia
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2101
- People
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Theodore I, Byzantine (r. 1205 - 1221)
- Title
- Copper Trachy of Theodore I, Nikaia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1208 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nikaia (Bithynia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182699
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.91 g
- Denomination
- trachy
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IC XC (overlined) in field.
- Reverse Inscription: KOImN (m is joining between I and N)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.2, 6.7 (p. 462)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2101
- 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, weated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Asterisk above cushion of throne, to either side.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., anexikakia. Three pellets on chlamys to l. of inside of chlamys as it drapes from the arms.
Verification Level
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