1951.31.4.879: Coin of Herakleios
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.879
- People
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Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)
- Title
- Coin of Herakleios
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 616-617 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnos (Cilicia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75363
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.20 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Inscription blundered. ??NN [both Ns backwards] [ ] R CINYS [backwards] ICE
- Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., ANNO (downwards). In ex., SELISS. To r., IIIIII (III above III). Beneath, A.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 2.1, 181a.3 (p. 329)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.879
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: To l., Heraclius; to r., smaller Heraclius Constantine. Each wears chlamys and crown with cross, and holds gl. cr. in r. hand. Between heads, cross. Overstruck on a follis of Constantinople with XXXX.
Rev.: M. Above, Chi-Ro.
Verification Level
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