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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1841
People
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
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Descriptions

Description
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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