1951.31.4.1183: Coin of Theophilus
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1183
- People
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Theophilus, Byzantine (r. 829 - 842)
- Title
- Coin of Theophilus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 830/831-842 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74972
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.83 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ThetaEOFIL bASIL'. Specifically patterned tufa.
- Reverse Inscription: +ThetaEO | FILEAVS | OVSTESV | nICAS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.1, 15a.7 (p. 436)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1183
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Half-length figure facing, bearded, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding in r. labarum with cross and streamers, in l., gl. cr.
Rev.: Inscription.
Verification Level
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