Art Institute of Chicago
Solidus (Coin) of Constans II and Constantine IV
Byzantine, minted in ConstantinopleLinkedCulture matchlcp-6c5c620f14da
- Date
- 659-668
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Byzantine Empire
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 36637
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperors Constans II & Constantine IV, facing forward and crowned with a cross. On the back (reverse), a cross is depicted on top of two steps.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
- Provenance
- Emily Crane Chadbourne (1871- 1964), Paris, London, and Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1940.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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