Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.1034: Solidus of Justinian II, Second Reign Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Solidus of Justinian II, Second Reign (Justinian II) , 1951.31.4.1034,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/145073. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.1034 People Justinian II, Byzantine (r. 685-695; co-r. 705-711) Title Solidus of Justinian II, Second Reign Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 705 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/145073 Physical Descriptions Medium gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.45 g Die Axis 6 Denomination solidus Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: deltaNIhSChSREX REGNANTIYM Reverse Inscription: D(backwards)NIYS TINIA NYSMYLTYSAN' State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number DOC 2.2, 1.1 (p. 648) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.1034 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obv.: Bust of Christ, facing, with mustache, close beard, and curly hair; wearing pallium over colobium. R. hand raised in benediction; l. holds book of Gospels. Behind head, cross. Rev.: Bust of Justinian II, with mustache and close beard, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet. In r. hand, cross potent on base and three steps; in l., patriarchal cross on globe inscriped PAX. Publication History Kriszta Kotsis, Defining Female Authority in Eighth-Century Byzantium: The Numismatic Images of the Empress Irene (797–802), Journal of Late Antiquity, The Johns Hopkins University Press (2012), vol. 5.1 (Spring), 185-215, p. 201, fig. 14 Exhibition History The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
