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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.2117
People
Manuel Komnenos-Doukas, Greek (r. 1230 - 1237)
Title
Trachy of Manuel Komnenus-Doukas of Thessalonike
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1230-1237 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182479

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Billon
Metal
Bi
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
0.04 g
Denomination
trachy
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV (all overlined) in upper field. Two stars below.
  • Reverse Inscription: MANUHLambdaDeltaCCPiO (N is backwards, U is infinite sign).To right, XM AP (downwards, AP are joined).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.2, 4a.2 (p. 572)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.2117
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne with back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.

Rev.: Full-length figure of ruler on l., and of archangel Michael nimbate, holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type. Archangel wears short tunic and (sagion?) held wrapped around him.

Verification Level

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