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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.397
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Grosh
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1360-1396
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Bulgaria
Culture
Bulgarian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/181643

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
irreg.: 1.8 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (11/16 x 1/16 in.)
0.53 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nanette Rodney Kelekian, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.528.397
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: king seated on a throne with long cross and scepter reverse: nimbate head of Christ. Pierced at 5 o'clock to obverse. Obverse and reversed inscribed identically in Cyrillic. Beaded inner border on obverse and reverse.

Verification Level

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