1951.31.4.1736: Coin of Manuel I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1736
- People
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Manuel I, Byzantine (r. 1143 -1180)
- Title
- Coin of Manuel I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1167-1183 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74650
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrum
- Metal
- EL
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.53 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IC XC (both overlined)
- Reverse Inscription: MANU(horizonal line in center)HA(without line in center) AECnOT . M-P O(overlined and horizontal line in center)V MANHA(without line in center) AECnOT . M O(overlined and horizonal line in center)V
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 4.1, 6d (p. 304)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.1736
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Inscription in upper field. Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross.
Rev.: Inscription in upper field. Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, on l., crowned by Virgin nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., gl. cr. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
Verification Level
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