1951.31.4.2104: Trachy of John III Vatatzes, Nikaia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2104
- People
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John III, Byzantine (r. 1221-1254)
- Title
- Trachy of John III Vatatzes, Nikaia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1248 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Late
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182869
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.67 g
- Denomination
- trachy
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV in upper field (both overlined, M stylized). Delta to l. and P to r. on back of throne.
- Reverse Inscription: ]CPiOTH[ ]UK (in two columnar groups, and U=upside-down infinite sign). Delta in circle in upper r. field.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.2, 24a.2 (p. 493)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2104
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, wearing tunic, and maphorion, seated upon throne with back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.
Reverse: Greek inscription, obscured, usually two columns (John Doukas, ruler)
Reverse die axis 6 o'clock
Publication History
- Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol. 4, part 2, 493, cat. 24a.2, pl.31
- Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 130/figs. 62a, 62b
Exhibition History
- Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
Verification Level
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