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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1853
People
Alexios III, Byzantine (r. 1195 - 1203)
Title
Tetarteron of Alexios III
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1197-1203 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74836

Physical Descriptions

Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.55 g
Denomination
tetarteron

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 5a.1 (p. 415)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1853
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Inscription in field. Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in r. hand, resting on l. shoulder, and in l., scroll or hilt of sword.

Rev.: Inscription. Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, an din l., gl. cr.

Verification Level

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