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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.162
People
Eudoxia, Roman (r. 400 - 404 CE)
Arcadius, Roman (r. 383 - 408 CE)
Title
Tremissis of Eudoxia, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
401-402
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/196963

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
1.49 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
tremissis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: AELEVDO CIAAVC
  • inscription: reverse: in ex:CONOB*
  • Obverse Inscription: AEL EVDO-CIA AVG
  • Reverse Inscription: CONOB

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC X, 21, p.242

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.162
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Bust of empress r., draped with necklace, earrings, and pearl diadem.
Reverse: Enwreathed cross; 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. 472., pl. 18
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 90/figs. 32a, 32b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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