Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1645: Coin of Alexios I Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Coin of Alexios I (Alexios I) , 1951.31.4.1645,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/74611. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1645 People Alexios I, Byzantine (1081 - 1118) Title Coin of Alexios I Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 1087-1092 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia) Period Byzantine period, Middle Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/74611 Physical Descriptions Medium Billion Metal AR Technique Struck Dimensions 4.19 g Denomination trachy Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: +KERO LambdaLambdaEZ (Z is backwards) Reverse Inscription: DeltaCCPiTH (downwards). From top left, DeltaM State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 4.1, 5b.1 (p. 206) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1645 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obv.: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, with pellet in each limb of nimbus cross, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor facing, on r., and of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate, facing to r. and handing to emperor patriarchal cross on long shaft standing on globule and two steps. Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and jeweled loros with jewleed border on inside. Saint wears short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion, holds sword in l. hand. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
