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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.2108
People
John III, Byzantine (r. 1221-1254)
Title
Copper Tetarteron of John III Vatatzes, Magnesia ad Meandron
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1221-1254 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182764

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.50 g
Denomination
tetarteron
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: A in Circle, George monogram in field.
  • Reverse Inscription: O DeltaU (U=upside-down infinite) K A C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.2, 58.7 (p. 510)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.2108
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, resting over shoulder, and in l., shield.

Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, jeweled loros of simplified type, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia.

Verification Level

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