1951.31.4.2110: Copper Tetarteron, Anonymous or Uncertain Nicaean Issue, Magnesia
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2110
- Title
- Copper Tetarteron, Anonymous or Uncertain Nicaean Issue, Magnesia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1227-1261(?) CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Magnesia ad Meandron (Ionia)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Middle
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182425
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.24 g
- Denomination
- tetarteron
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: Large "B" (backwards).
- Reverse Inscription: None
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.2, 3.1 (p. 537)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.2110
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Letter B (backwards) decorated with three pellets each in l. and r. field (in < and > shapes).
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor, seated upon throne with back; wears stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., anexikakia.
Verification Level
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