1951.31.4.1019: Coin of Justinian II
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1019
- People
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Justinian II, Byzantine (r. 685-695; co-r. 705-711)
- Title
- Coin of Justinian II
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 685-695 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75341
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.18 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: None.
- Reverse Inscription: Large "M". In ex., SCL.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 2.2, 53.4 (p. 596)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1019
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust facing, bearded, wearing jeweled robe and crown with cross. In l. hand, gl. cr; in r., akakia. Traces of two earlier strikings, neither identifiable, one with a large bust and cross on crown.
Rev.: M. Above, Imperial monogram. Traces of two earlier strikings, with SCL of one and crown with cross of another.
Verification Level
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