1951.31.4.312: Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.312
- People
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Justinian I, Byzantine (r. c. 527 - 565 CE)
- Title
- Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 538-545
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/145086
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.49 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTINI ANVSPP
- Reverse Inscription: VICTORI AAVCCC, at end, theta. In ex., CONOB.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 1, 8e.1 (p. 70)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.312
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Bust facing wearing helmet with plume and diadem from which two pearls depend on either side; cuirass with three pellets in front. In r. hand, gl. cr. On l. shoulder, shield with horseman device. Rev.: Angel facing in tunic and pallium. In r. hand cross of pellets; in l., gl. cr. In field r., star.
Verification Level
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