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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1080
People
Leo III, Byzantine (r. 717-720; co-r. 720-741)
Title
Coin of Leo III
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
732 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74900

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.65 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
follis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: No inscr.
  • Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., XXX (stacked). To r., NNN (stacked). Beneath, A.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.1, 36a.1 (p. 260)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1080
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Two busts facing, Leo on l., bearded, wearing chlamys, and Constantine on r., smaller and beardless (?), wearing loros. Each wears a crown with cross. They hold between them a cross potent in their r. hands, Leo's forearm crossing in front of his body to do so.

Rev.: M. Above, cross.

Verification Level

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