2011.1.14: Solidus of Constans II, Constantinople

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.1.14

People

Constans II (641 - 668)

Title

Solidus of Constans II, Constantinople

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

641-646

Places

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

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Culture

Byzantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/336397

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.48g

Die Axis

7

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: dNCONSTANTINVS PP AV
• Reverse Inscription: VICTORIA AVSC and gamma; in ex. CONOB+

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Bank Leu, Zurich]? sold: to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 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

DOC II 1, 21 p. 425

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

2011.1.14

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Bust of Constans II, facing, with long beard and moustache, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. In right hand. globe cruciger.
Rev.: Cross potent on base and three steps.

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