1951.31.4.862: Coin of Herakleios
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.862
- People
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Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)
- Title
- Coin of Herakleios
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 639-640 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75220
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.73 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- half follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: None.
- Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., ANNO (downwards). To r., XXX (Downwards). In ex., CON. Beneath, Delta.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 2.1, 125d.3 (p. 306)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.862
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: In center, Heraclius with mustache and long beard, wearing military dress and crown with cross, and holding long cross. To r., Heraclius Constantine, to l., Heraclonas; each wearing chlamys and crown with cross and holding gl. cr.
Rev.: M. Above, imperial monogram.
Verification Level
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