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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.383
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Besant
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1285-1324
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Culture
Crusader
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182359

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Dimensions
irreg.: 2.1 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
2.33 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): around perimeter:: obverse: HENRI [REI DE]; reverse: +IERVSALM ED ChIPR

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
1986.528.383
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: king, crowned and seated; reverse: reverse: potent cross with four croisettes, with beaded inner border.

Verification Level

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