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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.2103
People
John III, Byzantine (r. 1221-1254)
Title
Hyperperon of John III, Nikaia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1232-1254(?) CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nikaia (Bithynia)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182762

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.38 g
Denomination
hyperperon
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IC XC in field (both overlined).
  • Reverse Inscription: IWANNHC[. M-P ThetaV in upper r. field (both overlined).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.2, 4b (p. 483)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.2103
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospe in l. Pellet to l. and r. above throne.

Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Virgin nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.

Verification Level

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