coin / Gold
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.0955
- Object Name
- coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Gold
- Length
- ;
- Width
- ;
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- 4.36;5.46g
- Quantity
- 1
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- Above Mθ. Inscription down to right and left.
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- To left and right above IC XC.
- Verbatim Date
- 1222-1254 AD
- Denomination
- hyperpyron
- Authority
- John_III_Ducas_Vatatzes
- Mint
- Nicaea
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- John left, standing facing, crowned by Virgin standing right, facing. John wears crown, tunic, sash and mantle, and holds labarum in right hand, sheathed sword in right. The Virgin wears nimbus, veil, tunic, and mantle.
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- Above Mθ. Inscription down to right and left.
- Coin Reverse Description
- Christ enthroned facing, in left hand book of Gospels, right hand raised in benediction.
- Inscription Obverse Text
- Above Mθ. Inscription down to right and left.
- Exhibition Title
- Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
- Exhibition Curator
- Talalay, Lauren
- Exhibition Year
- 2010
- Class Title
- The Archaeology of Bling
- Class Instructor
- Quinn, Colin
- Class Department
- Anthropology
- Class Number
- 296.01
- Class Year
- 2014
- Class Semester
- Spring
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 1991.02.0955
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0955/dscn6355.jpg
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- Full citation
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"coin; Gold." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0955/dscn6355.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.
