1951.31.4.1538: Anonymous Follis
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1538
- People
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Issued by Anonymous Coin
- Title
- Anonymous Follis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1060-1065 CE
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74732
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.35 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: No inscr. In field, IC XC (both overlined).
- Reverse Inscription: IS XS | bASILE | bASIL'
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, F.10 (p. 691)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1538
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Christ seated on backless throne (Type III) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised to side in blessing, l. hand holds book, with 5-pellet design on cover, by spine on knee.
Rev.: Inscription, bounded by -- + -- on top and + on bottom.
Verification Level
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