Coin of Leo III | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1080
People: Leo III, Byzantine (r. 717-720; co-r. 720-741)
Title: Coin of Leo III
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 732 CE (?)
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/74900

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.65 g

Denomination

follis

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: No inscr.
Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., XXX (stacked). To r., NNN (stacked). Beneath, A.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 3.1, 36a.1 (p. 260)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1080
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Two busts facing, Leo on l., bearded, wearing chlamys, and Constantine on r., smaller and beardless (?), wearing loros. Each wears a crown with cross. They hold between them a cross potent in their r. hands, Leo's forearm crossing in front of his body to do so.

Rev.: M. Above, cross.

Verification Level

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