1951.31.4.1830: Coin of Isaac II
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1830
- People
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Isaac II, Byzantine (r. 1185 - 1204)
- Title
- Coin of Isaac II
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1185-1195 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74821
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.66 g
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 4a.4 (p. 388)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1830
- 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. Full-length figure of Virgin nimbate, orans, standing on dais, wearing tunic and maphorion; beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.
Rev.: Inscription in two columnar groups. Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., anexikakia. Manus Dei in upper r. field.
Verification Level
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