AN Solidus

Heraclius
Byzantine
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Middle East

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610-641

Gold

Diameter: 15/16 in. (23.6 mm)

Weight: 4.49 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29221

Geography

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Reverse: Cross on three steps, I in field to right

Course History

ECON 82.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Winter 2023

Economics 82.01, Advanced Topics: Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Winter 2023

Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, James Feyrer, Spring 2024

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, James Feyrer, Spring 2024

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, James Feyrer, Spring 2024

Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, James Feyrer, Spring 2024

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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