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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1737
People
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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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