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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1736
People
Manuel I, Byzantine (r. 1143 -1180)
Title
Coin of Manuel I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
12th century
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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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