Solidus of Constantine V and Leo IV

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.1090
People: Constantine V, Byzantine (r. 720-775)
Constantine V and Leo IV, Byzantine (ruled jointly 751-775)
Title: Solidus of Constantine V and Leo IV
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 757-775 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/144758

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.46 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: CONSTAnTInOSSLEOnOnEO'
Reverse Inscription: (pellet at beginning) 6 LE ON PAMYL

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 3.1, 2d.2 (p. 301)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.1090
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Busts of Constantine, bearded, on l., and Leo IV, beardless on r., facing, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Between heads, cross.

Rev.: Bust of Leo III, bearded, facing, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r., outwards, cross potent on base.

Verification Level

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