1951.31.4.1838: Coin of Alexios III
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1838
- People
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Alexios III, Byzantine (r. 1195 - 1203)
- Title
- Coin of Alexios III
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1195-1197 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74764
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.49 g
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 1a.3 (p. 404)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1838
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Inscription in field. Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, standing on dais, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. Symbol, in the shape of dots from the number five on a die, in each limb of nimbus cross. Jeweled form of dais. Tiny black circle in nimbus cross.
Rev.: Inscription. Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft ending in small globule. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds anexikakia in r. hand; saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type.
Verification Level
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