1951.31.4.308: Solidus of Justin I and Justinian I, Constantinople
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.308
- People
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Justinian I, Byzantine (r. c. 527 - 565 CE)
Justin I, Byzantine (r. 518 - 527 CE)
- Title
- Solidus of Justin I and Justinian I, Constantinople
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- April 4 - August 1, 527 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146473
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.41 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTINETIVSTINIANPPAVC; in exergue: CONOB
- Reverse Inscription: VICTORI AAVC, gamma; in exergue: CONOB
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC I, 3 (p. 58)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.308
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Justin (l.) and Justinian (r.) seated to front on a double throne of which uprights and crossbar are shown; both figures are nimbate, with trefoil ornament on their heads, their hands clasped on their breasts; each holds a globe in l. hand and the l. knee of each is advanced; cross between heads.
Rev.: Angel facing, in tunic and pallium; in r. hand a long cross; in l., a globe-cross; in r. field, a star.
Verification Level
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