Coin of Herakleios | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.902
People: Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)
Title: Coin of Herakleios
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: c. 620 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Sicily
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/75385

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 13.73 g
Die Axis: 6
Denomination: follis

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 2.1, 241d.7 (p. 354)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.902
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Countermark: to l., bust of Heraclius facing, with short beard, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown with cross; to r., Imperial monogram; the whole on an oval or circular punch stamped on or behind the head of Justinian No. 30 (mint-mark and officina illegible).
Rev.: SCLs with bar above, within an oval or circular countermark. Struck on exergue of an earlier type.

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