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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.1117
People
Constantine VI, Byzantine (780 - 792)
Constantine V and Leo IV, Byzantine (ruled jointly 751-775)
Title
Solidus of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
792-797 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/168924

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.39 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
solidus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IRInH AGammaOVSTI
  • Reverse Inscription: COnSTAn TInOSbAS'. At end, Theta.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 3.1, 3a.5 (p.342)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.1117
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles and pendilia, holding globe cruciger in r. hand and cross scepter in l.

Rev.: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding globe cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.

Publication History

  • Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol 3., 342, cat. 3 a.5.
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 60/figs. 18a,18b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017

Verification Level

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