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{
    "localId": "27951",
    "label": "Belt Section with Medallions of Constantius II and Faustina",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.527"
}

{
    "id": "27951",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.527",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Section with Medallions of Constantius II and Faustina",
    "description": "Imperial medallions, such as this one of Constantius II (reigned 350-361), were often mounted by their recipients to boast of their highly favored status in society. This stunning example, minted in Nicomedia (Asia Minor), represents on the reverse the triumphant emperor in his chariot. Smaller coins were also mounted as jewelry, like the smaller aureus honoring Faustina the Elder (died 140/141), wife of Antoninus Pius. Other mounted coins, separated by lengths of chain, would have completed this section of either a belt or a necklace.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 4th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.527",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "belts (costume accessories)",
        "jewelry",
        "medallions",
        "coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.527_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.527_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.527_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.2,
            "height": 19.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 6 x W: 7 5/8 in. (15.2 x 19.4 cm); Constantine Medallion Diam: 3 3/16 x D: 5/16 in. (8.1 x 0.8 cm); Faustina Medallion H: 1 3/8 x D: 1/4 in. (3.5 x 0.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Inscribed on small medallion of Faustina I",
        "obverse of coin: DIVA FAVSTINA;  [Translation] The Deified Faustina;  [Transcription] Inscribed on reverse of coin: AVGVSTA;  [Translation] Augusta (empress);  [Transcription] Inscribed on large medallion of Constantius II",
        "obverse of coin: D(ominus) N(oster) CONSTANTIVS MAX(imus) AVGVSTVS;  [Translation] Our Lord Constantius Great",
        "emperor;  [Transcription] Inscribed on large medallion of Constantius II",
        "reverse of coin: D(ominus) N(oster) CONSTANTIVS P(ius) F(elix) AVGVSTVS;  [Translation] Our dutiful and blessed lord Constantius",
        "emperor"
    ],
    "med": "openwork gold with semiprecious stones",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ",
        "JWL",
        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "358",
        "2227",
        "3363",
        "2513",
        "2939",
        "3055",
        "3673"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_57.527_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4e3b787756567b8c"
}