1951.31.4.1405: Coin of Nikephoros II
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1405
- People
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Nikephoros II, Byzantine (r. 963 - 969)
- Title
- Coin of Nikephoros II
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 963-969 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75542
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.74 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- miliaresion
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: +nICHF' | EnX WAVTO (middle bar in A is vertical not horizontal) | CRAT ,EVSEb' (middle bar in A is vertical not horizontal) | bASILEVS | RWMAIW'
- Reverse Inscription: To l. of his head, nI (stacked). To r., CF (stacked).
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 3.2, 6.7 (p. 585)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1405
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Inscription. Above and below -- cross -- (cross formed by 5 dots in + pattern).
Rev.: Cross crosslet on base and globe over two steps. In its center four-lobed medallion with bust of Nicephorus wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia. Triple border of dots, the middle one ornamented with eight globules.
Verification Level
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