Coin of Herakleios | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.889
People: Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)
Title: Coin of Herakleios
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 618-628 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/75381

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.06 g

Denomination

dodecanummium

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: No inscription.
Reverse Inscription: Large "IB". In ex., ALambdaEXi.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 2.1, 191.21 (p. 337)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.889
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust facing, beardless, wearing cuirass and crown with pendilia and cross. To l., star; to r., crescent.
Rev.: IB. Between, cross on globe.

Verification Level

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