1951.31.4.849: Hexagram of Herakleios
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.849
- People
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Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)
- Title
- Hexagram of Herakleios
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 615-638 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/75955
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.52 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- hexagram
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ddNNhERACLIYS ET hERACONSTPS
- Reverse Inscription: deltaEYSAdeltaIYTAROMANIS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 2.1, 67 (p. 273)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.849
- 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 with short beard; to r., Heraclius Constantine beardless, seated together on double throne. Each wears chlamys and crown with cross, and holds gl. cr. in r. hand. Between heads, cross.
Rev.: Cross spotent on base above globe and three steps. In field l, imperial monogram, in field r., I.
Verification Level
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