AU Solidus of Constans II

AU Solidus of Constans II

money; coins (money)

The late Roman/Byzantine ruler Constans II was also called Constantine the Bearded. He is depicted with long beard and moustache, wearing a crown and chlamys (a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece) and holding globus cruciger, a cross-bearing orb and a symbol of authority. The reverse shows a cross potent, also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars at the four ends, on top of three steps. CONOB on the back of the coin means "Constantinopoli obryzum," or in other words, “Byzantine Coinage.”

Constans II, Emperor of Constantinople

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ARTH250 (Professor V. Rousseau, fall 2019)

641-668 CE

MIA

University Art Collection, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul)

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Gold (metal)

Greek

Physical Object

2019.04.014

Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire