Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the bust of a woman facing right, dressed in flowing clothing, hair tied back, wearing a pearl headband, necklace, and earrings; above, a hand crowning the woman; surrounding the border, the Latin characters: A E L / E U D O - X I A / A V G. The other side of the coin depicts a winged woman seated on armor facing right, wearing flowing clothing, supporting on her left knee a shield on a column inscribed X P in single line; surrounding the border, the Latin characters: S A L V S / R E I - P V B L I C A E delta.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.1.7
People
Eudoxia, Roman (r. 400 - 404 CE)
Arcadius, Roman (r. 383 - 408 CE)
Title
Solidus of Arcadius, struck for his wife Eudoxia, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
402-403 CE
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/336390

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.47g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
solidus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AEL EUDO - XIA AVG
  • Reverse Inscription: SALVS REI -PVBLICAE delta

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, FPL 508, March 1988 lot 41], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1988-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC X 28 p.242

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.1.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Eudoxia, wearing pearl diadem without jewel at front, draped, wearing necklace and ear-rings, crowned by the hand of god,
Rev.: Victory seated on cuirass to r., supporting on her left knee a shield on a column inscribed X P in single line; shield behind cuirass.

Exhibition History

  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

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