File:Clevelandart 1968.55.a.jpg
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Summary
Solidus of Justinian I (obverse)
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| Title |
Solidus of Justinian I (obverse) |
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Solidus of Justinian I  |
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| Object type |
coin |
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| Description |
Byzantine Gold Coins The vast number of surviving Byzantine coins attests to the level of trade across the empire. Controlled and supervised by the emperor, the producers of coins took care to represent his authority and reflect his stature. Talented artists were recruited to engrave the dies (molds) used for the striking of coins. Emperors increasingly came to include their heirs and co-emperors on their coinage, as well as other family members or even earlier rulers. Coins were recognized, then as now, as small, portable works of art. With their inscriptions and images, Byzantine coins provide valuable documentation of historical events and a record of the physical appearance of the emperors. The coins shown here include the solidus, the basic gold coin of 24 karats; the tremissis, a gold coin of one-third the weight and value of the solidus; and the nomisma, which in the 10th century replaced the solidus as the standard gold coin. |
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| Date | 545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Medieval Art |
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| Accession number |
1968.55.a |
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| Place of creation | Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 6th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of his father Thomas Kennedy Milliken | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.55.a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 08:36, 22 January 2019 | | 1,902 × 1,902 (3 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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