1951.31.4.1515: Anonymous Follis
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1515
- People
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Issued by Anonymous Coin
- Title
- Anonymous Follis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1042(?)- c.1050 CE
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74643
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.05 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +EMMA NOVHLambda. In field, IC XC (overlined).
- Reverse Inscription: IC XC (both overlined) | NI KA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, C.40 (p. 684)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1515
- 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 decoration on cover.
Rev.: Four inscriptions in angles of jeweled cross with pellet at end of each arm. Overstruck on Class B.
Verification Level
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