1951.31.4.2108: Copper Tetarteron of John III Vatatzes, Magnesia ad Meandron
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2108
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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