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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.2119
People
John Komnenos-Doukas, Byzantine (r. 1237 - 1244)
Title
Copper Tetarteron of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1237-1242 (?) CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182795

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
1.24 g
Denomination
trachy
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: MH (joined) TPI O
  • Reverse Inscription: MITPOCThetaLambda

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.2, 14.1 (p. 588)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.2119
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: St. Demetrius nimbate, seated upon throne without back.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of Virgin nimbate, holding between them cross-within-circle, surmounting triangular decoration on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds anexikakia in r. hand. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.

Verification Level

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