1951.31.4.2102: Trachy of Theodore Kommenos-Doukas, Magnesia

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1951.31.4.2102

People

Theodore Komnenos-Doukas, Greek (r. 1215 - 1230)

Title

Trachy of Theodore Kommenos-Doukas, Magnesia

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1212-1221 (?) CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)

Period

Byzantine period, Middle

Culture

Byzantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/182700

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Billon

Metal

Bi

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.97 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

trachy

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: IC XC O EMMANUHLambda (IC and XC are overlined, U is upside-down infinite sign).
• Reverse Inscription: Inscr. obscure.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

DOC 4.2, 8.1 (p. 464)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore

Accession Year

1951

Object Number

1951.31.4.2102

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross.

Rev.: Full length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft, at the base of which, three steps. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, chlamys; holds sheathed sword, point downward, in r. hand. Saint wears short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds sheathed sword, point downward, in l. hand.

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