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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1653
People
Alexios I, Byzantine (1081 - 1118)
Title
Coin of Alexios I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1081-1087 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.74 g
Denomination
tetarteron
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IC XC in field (both overlined)
  • Reverse Inscription: +LambdaLambdaCZUDeltaCC PiOTU[ (Z is backwards)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 6c.10 (p. 207)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1653
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels in l. hand. 5-pellet design in each limb of nimbus cross (middle pellet is square).

Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., gl. cr. Double-struck.

Verification Level

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