1951.31.4.1737: Coin of Manuel I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1737
- People
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Manuel I, Byzantine (r. 1143 -1180)
- Title
- Coin of Manuel I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1160-1167 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74605
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.49 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: M(overlined)-P O(overlined and horizontal line in center)V
- Reverse Inscription: MA(without line in center)NU(with line in center)HA(without line in center)AECnOTH O A H M H TPI O S Inscr. obscure.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 9.6 (p. 305)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1737
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Inscription in field. Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds heardless nimbate head of Christ on breast.
Rev.: Inscription. Full-length figure of emperor bearded, on l., and of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate, holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds anexikakia in r. hand. Saint wears short military tunic and breastplate.
Verification Level
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