About the Artwork
Solidus of Constans II, 641-668
between 663 and 668
(Artist) Byzantine, Roman Mint of Constantinople (Mint)
Gold
Diameter: 3/4 inches (1.9 cm.)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of E. P. Richardson
60.225
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
inscribed
Provenance
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, New York, USA
Edgar Preston Richardson
1960-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. vol. I. London: 1908, p. 262 #66, pl. XXXI #1.
Grierson. Byzantine Coins. London: 1982, p. 96.
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Byzantine, Roman; Mint of Constantinople, Solidus of Constans II, 641-668, between 663 and 668, Gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of E. P. Richardson, 60.225.
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