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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1674
People
Alexios I, Byzantine (1081 - 1118)
Title
Coin of Alexios I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1092/1093-1118 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/74726

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.35 g
Denomination
trachy
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: M-P ThetaV (both overlined)
  • Reverse Inscription: L (L=Lambda) LC TW (L=Lambda) ZIW KO (Z is backwards) DCC MN (D=Delta, MN are joined) PiO N T

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 4.1, 22.2 (p. 224)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1674
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.

Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, skaramangion or divitsion, and sagion; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.

Verification Level

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