1951.31.4.278: Solidus of Justin I
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.278
- People
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Justin I, Byzantine (r. 518 - 527 CE)
- Title
- Solidus of Justin I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 519-527 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147801
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.76 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTI NVSPPAVC
- Reverse Inscription: VICTORI AAVCCCZ. In ex. CONOB
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 1, 2g (p. 36)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.278
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Bust 3/4 r. wearing helmet with plume and diadem, tunic, cuirass, and paludamentum (no pellets on breastplate). With r. hand holds spear behind head. On l. shoulder, shield with device of horseman spearing fallen foe. Rev.: Angel facing in tunic and pallium. In r. hand long cross; in l. gl. cr. In field r., star
Verification Level
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