1951.31.4.1224: Coin of Basil I
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1224
- People
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Basil I, Byzantine (r. 867 - 886)
- 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/74991
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.72 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ]bASIL'
- Reverse Inscription: +bASILIO | SCOnSTAn | TInOSEnThetaO (ThetaO are overlined) | 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
- 1951.31.4.1224
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: 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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