2011.1.12: Solidus of Heraclius, Constantinople

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.1.12

People

Abd-al-Malik (Umayyads) (690 - 702)

Title

Solidus of Heraclius, Constantinople

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

610-613

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Culture

Byzantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/336395

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.43g

Die Axis

7

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: dNhERACL - IuS PP AC
• Reverse Inscription: VICTORIA - AVSC; and E; in ex. CONOB

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Muenzen und Medaillen AG, Basel] ?sold: to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008-2010), 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

DOC II 1, 2a, p.245

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

2011.1.12

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Bust of Herakleios facing, with short beard, wearing cuirass, paludamentum and crown with pendilia and cross rising from central circlet behind which is a plume; in r. hand cross.
Rev.: Cross potent on base and two steps.

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