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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1234
People
Basil I, Byzantine (r. 867 - 886)
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/75074

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.27 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
follis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: bASILCOn
  • Reverse Inscription: +bASIL | COnSTAn | TSLEOnEn | ThetaObASILS | ROMEOn

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.2, 10b.2 (p. 497)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1234
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. Costumes reversed from l. to r.

Rev.: Inscription.

Verification Level

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