About the Artwork
Solidus of Justinian I, 527-565 AD
between 538 and 565 CE
(Artist) Byzantine, Roman Mint of Constantinople (Mint)
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Overall: 13/16 inches (2.1 cm)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Donald W. Howe
47.150
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, obverse: DNIVSTINI ANVS PP AVI. Inscribed, reverse, In exergue: CONOB.
Provenance
Donald W. Howe
1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wroth. B.M. Byzz. vol. I. p. 27 #18; also pl. IV #11.
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Byzantine, Roman; Mint of Constantinople, Solidus of Justinian I, 527-565 AD, between 538 and 565 CE. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Donald W. Howe, 47.150.
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