Tetarteron of Alexios III | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1848
People: Alexios III, Byzantine (r. 1195 - 1203)
Title: Tetarteron of Alexios III
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 14th century
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/74787

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Billon
Metal: Bi
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 2.81 g

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 4.1, 3g.1 (p. 413)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1848
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Inscription in field. Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellet, or pellets, normally in each limb of nimbus cross.

Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them globus cruciger. Emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold labarum-headed scepter. Three jewels on collar-pieces; emperor's loros-waist.

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