1951.31.4.1642: Coin of Nikephoros III
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1642
- People
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Nikephoros III, Byzantine (r. 1078 - 1081)
- Title
- Coin of Nikephoros III
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1078-1081 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74609
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.73 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: No inscr. In field above stars, IC and XC (both overlined).
- Reverse Inscription: In angles of cross, C Phi N Delta.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 9.17 (p. 832)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1642
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (Type IVc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in front of body, l. holds book, with 5-pellet design on cover, from beneath. In field, two stars above which IC and XC. Single border of dots.
Rev.: Cross of equal arms ending in globules. In the center, circle within which star of eight rays. Single border of dots.
Verification Level
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