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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.157
People
Pulcheria, Roman (r. 414 - 453 CE)
Title
Solidus of Pulcheria, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
422-429
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196410

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.49 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
solidus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: AELPVLCH ERIAAVC
  • inscription: reverse: VOTXX MVLTXXX
  • Obverse Inscription: AEL PVLCH ERIA AVG
  • Reverse Inscription: VOTXX MVLTXXX CONOB VOT XX MVLT XXX CONOB

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC X, 220, p.256; LRC 438

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.157
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Diademed bust of Pucheria to r., crowned by the hand of God.
Reverse: Victory standing l. holding long jeweled cross in r. hand, w. star in upper l. field. CONOB in exergue.

Publication History

  • Philip Grierson and Melinda Mays, Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), cat. 438, pl. 17
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 88/figs. 30a, 30b
  • Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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