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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1232
People
Basil I, Byzantine (r. 867 - 868)
Title
Coin of Basil I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
870-879 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/75057

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.36 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
follis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: +lEOnbASILSCOnSTAnY[IGOST]
  • Reverse Inscription: +bASIL | COnSTAn | TSLEOnEn | ThetaObASILS | ROMEOn. Two top lines confused by overstrike, bASILIO of Class 2 legible.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 10a.7 (p. 497)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1232
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Three half-figures, facing, Basil in center, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross, Leo and Constantine to l. and r. respectively, smaller, beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross.

Rev.: Inscription. Two top lines confused by overstrike.

Verification Level

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