1951.31.4.1085: Tremissis of Leo III, uncertain mint
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1085
- People
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Leo III, Byzantine (r. 717-720; co-r. 720-741)
- Title
- Tremissis of Leo III, uncertain mint
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 720-741 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74950
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.34 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- tremissis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: deltaNOLEO NPAMYL
- Reverse Inscription: GNCONST ANTINYSM. Inscr. and most of bust off flan, including the whole of the r. field.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.1, 103 (p. 282)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1085
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust bearded, facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand gl. cr., in l., akakia.
Rev.: As obv., but bust beardless.
Verification Level
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