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Solidus of Honorius, Constantinople
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Obv.: Helmeted bust of Honorius, facing, diademed, cuirassed, spear in right hand over shoulder, on left arm shield decorated with horseman spearing down enemy.
Rev.: Constantinople enthroned facing, head turned to right, holding scepter and Victory on globe, her left foot on a prow. Star in field left. Officina (E) at end of legend; CONOB in exergue.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Jane Ayer Scott Newton MA (-2008) by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III (2008-2010) gift; to The Harvard Art Museums 2010.
There is no further information available about where Jane Scott purchased the coin. Byzantine coins even gold solidi were struck by the millions and circulated widely in the Byzantine Empire from Spain Italy to Greece Bulgaria the Balkans Israel Turkey and Syria.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Title: Solidus of Honorius, Constantinople
Description:
Obv.
: Helmeted bust of Honorius, facing, diademed, cuirassed, spear in right hand over shoulder, on left arm shield decorated with horseman spearing down enemy.
Rev.
: Constantinople enthroned facing, head turned to right, holding scepter and Victory on globe, her left foot on a prow.
Star in field left.
Officina (E) at end of legend; CONOB in exergue.
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