Object Title
Solidus of Tiberius III
Measurements
4.31g
Creation Date
698-705
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336399
Provenance Information
[Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, FPL 541, March 1991 no. 45], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1991-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
Muenzen und Medaillen AG, FPL 541, no. 45, Basel, March 1991.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.