1951.31.4.1452: Anonymous Follis
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1452
- People
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Issued by Anonymous Coin
- Title
- Anonymous Follis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 976(?)-c. 1030/1035 CE
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74915
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.51 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +EMMA NOVHLambda
- Reverse Inscription: +IhSYS | XRISTYS | bASILEY' | bASILE' . Form of A obscure.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, A2.24.24 (p. 660)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1452
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus cross having two pellets in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, l. holds book with ornate cover (special design) from beneath.
Rev.: Inscr., design above and beneath.
Verification Level
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