2011.1.15: Solidus of Constantine IV, Constantinople
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.1.15
- People
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Constantine IV, Byzantine (r. 668-685)
- Title
- Solidus of Constantine IV, Constantinople
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 681 - 685
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336398
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.28g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- solidus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: P CONST - AN - SPPA
- Reverse Inscription: VICTORIA - AVSC; S; IN EX. CONOB
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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.
There is no further information available about where Jane Scott purchased the coin. Byzantine coins, even gold solidi, were struck by the millions and circulated widely in the Byzantine Empire from Spain, Italy to Greece, Bulgaria, the Balkans, Israel, Turkey and Syria.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC II 1, 12c p.530
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
- 2011.1.15
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Constantine IV, three quarter facing, wearing cuirass and helmet with plume and diadem whose ties show to l.; in r. hand, spear held behind head; on l. shoulder shield decorated with horseman spearing enemy.
Rev. Cross potent on base and three steps.
Verification Level
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