Harvard Art Museums > 1951.31.4.126: Solidus of Eudoxia, Constantinople 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 Eudoxia, Constantinople (Eudoxia) , 1951.31.4.126,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196748. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1951.31.4.126 People Eudoxia, Roman (r. 400 - 404 CE) Title Solidus of Eudoxia, Constantinople Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 401-403 Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace) Period Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/196748 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 4.44 g Die Axis 6 Denomination solidus Inscriptions and Marks inscription: obverse: AELEVDO XIAAVC inscription: reverse: SALVSREI PVBLICAE Obverse Inscription: AEL EVDO-XIA AVG Reverse Inscription: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number RIC X, 11, p. 241; LRC 273 (this coin) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore Accession Year 1951 Object Number 1951.31.4.126 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 Obverse: Bust of empress r., draped with necklace, earrings, and rosette diadem, crowned by the hand of God. Reverse: Victory seated r. on cuirass, inscribing a christogram on a shield supported by a low column; CONOB in exergue. Publication History Philip Grierson and Melinda Mays, Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), cat. 273, pl. 11 Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 88/figs. 29a, 29b Exhibition History Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
