1951.31.4.1666: Coin of Alexios I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1666
- People
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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, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74540
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.46 g
- Denomination
- tetarteron
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV in field (overlined)
- Reverse Inscription: LambdaLambdaEZIW DeltaECP[ (Z is backwards)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 8.6 (p. 209)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1666
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorionl; beardless, nimbate bust of Christ on breast.
Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys, holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.
Verification Level
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