Byzantine Empire13 records
Imperial portraiture, Christian imagery, mint systems and dynastic authority in Byzantine gold.
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Object-led studies of legends, denominations, iconography and the evidence carried by individual coins.
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Power, ceremony and visual language across the gold coinage of imperial Rome.
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Constantine’s Solidus: An Imperial First
How a stable gold denomination became an enduring language of imperial authority.
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Constantine’s Solidus: An Imperial First
How a stable gold denomination became an enduring language of imperial authority.
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Justinian II, Second Reign: Restoration in Gold
Christ the King, a mutilated ruler and the uncompromising imagery of the years AD 705–711.
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