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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1667
People
Alexios I, Byzantine (1081 - 1118)
Title
Coin of Alexios I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1081-1087 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonica (Macedonia)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.85 g
Denomination
tetarteron
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV in field (overlined)
  • Reverse Inscription: LambdaLambdaEZIW DeltaECPT (Z is backwards)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 8.7 (p. 209)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1667
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorionl; beardless, nimbate bust of Christ on breast.

Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys, holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.

Verification Level

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