1951.31.4.1749: Coin of Manuel I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1749
- People
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Manuel I, Byzantine (r. 1143 -1180)
- Title
- Coin of Manuel I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1164-1167 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74654
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Billon
- Metal
- Bi
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.44 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: M(overlined)-P O(overlined and line in center)V
- Reverse Inscription: AECnOTHC
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 12g.1 (p. 312)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1749
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Inscription in upper field. Virgin nimbate, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless nimbate head of Christ on breast.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., globus surmounted by single-barred cross. Labarum shaft has three dots.
Verification Level
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