1951.31.4.1841: Coin of Alexios III
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1841
- 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/74823
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.44 g
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 2a.4 (p. 406)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1841
- 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. Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, hold Gospels in l. Pellet, or pellets, normally in eachlimb of nimbus cross. + above cushion of throne, to r.
Rev.: Inscription. Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them labarum, surmounting triangular decoration, on long shaft. Emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold scepter cruciger, emperor in r. hand, saint in l.
Verification Level
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