Solidus
Constans II
Byzantine
641-668 CE
Gold
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Weight: 4.39 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962
990.24.27093
Geography
None
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Course History
History 44.02, Arts of Power, from Augustus to the Sun King, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2023
Art History 17.06, The Arts of the Middle Ages, Nick Camerlenghi, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Gold: Materiality, Morality, and Metaphor, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14, 2024.
Provenance
Harmer and Rooke Numismatists, Ltd, 1983; Virginia Williamson, 1983-1990; given to present collection, 1990.
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