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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1791
People
Manuel I, Byzantine (r. 1143 -1180)
Title
Coin of Manuel I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1167-1183 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74698

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.2 g

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 19.21 (p. 333)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1791
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Inscription in field. Radiate cross on three steps.

Rev.: Inscription. Half-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., gl. cr.

Verification Level

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