1951.31.4.1076: Coin of Leo III
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1076
- People
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Leo III, Byzantine (r. 717-720; co-r. 720-741)
- Title
- Coin of Leo III
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 732-c. 737 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74876
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.44 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- tremissis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: deltaNDLEO NPA[
- Reverse Inscription: deltaNCO[ ]STA N[ ]NYSM
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.1, 16.3 (p. 249)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1076
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand gl. cr., in l., akakia.
Rev.: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, in r. hand holds a cross potent on base by its shaft.
Verification Level
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