Coin of Basil I | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1223
People: Basil I, Byzantine (r. 867 - 868)
Title: Coin of Basil I
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 868-870 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Middle
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/74982

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.08 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

follis

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: +bASIL' SCOnStbASIL'
Reverse Inscription: +bASIL(I)O SCOnStAn tInOSEnOO (with line inside first O and over both O's) bASILEISR OMAIOn; Overstruck on follis of Theophilus; [O (with line inside)] EO visible

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 3.2, 9a.4 (p. 494)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1223
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Inscription. Two figures seated on double throne, facing, Basil to l., bearded, Constantine to r., smaller, beardless, each wearing modified loros and crown with cross, holding between them labarum ornamented with X and streamers.

Rev.: Inscription.

Verification Level

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