Coin of Justinian I | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.4.310
People: Justinian I, Byzantine (r. c. 527 - 565 CE)
Title: Coin of Justinian I
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 527-538 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period: Byzantine period, Early
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/146475

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.34 g

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVC
Reverse Inscription: VICTORI AAVCCCA, In ex., CONOB

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOC 1, 4 (p. 68)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.4.310
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust 3/4 r. wearing cuirass with three pellets in front and helmet with plume, trefoil ornament and diadem the ties of which do not show. With r. hand holds spear behind head. The locks of hair to r. have become a mere dissociated dot. On l. shoulder, shield with horseman device. Rev.: Angel facing in tunic and pallium. In r. hand long linear cross; in l., gl. cr. In field r., star.

Verification Level

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