1951.31.4.1080: Coin of Leo III
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1080
- 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 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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