1951.31.4.1330: Coin of Alexander
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1330
- People
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Alexander (Emperor), Byzantine (r. 912 - 913)
- Title
- Coin of Alexander
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 912-913 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75014
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.32 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +IhSXRSREX REGNAnTIYM
- Reverse Inscription: +ALEXAnd ROSAVGYSTOSROM'
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 2.2 (p. 525)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1330
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Christ seated (Type 1c) facing, bearded, on wide lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic and himation, r. hand raised outwards in blessing, book resting on l. knee.
Rev.: To l., Alexander standing facing, bearded, wearing crown with cross and loros with fringed end passing over r. arm and ornamented by + (pellets at corners surrounding it, forming a square). In r. hand, gl. cr.; l. hand extended. To r., St. Alexander standing 3/4 facing, bearded, bareheaded and barefooted, wearing tunic and himation. In l. hand, cross; with r. hand places crown on head of Alexander.
Verification Level
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