Solidus with Justinian II Rhinometus and His Son Tiberius (obverse)

705–711 Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.57.a

The vast number of surviving Byzantine coins attests to the level of trade across the empire. Controlled and supervised by the emperor, the producers of coins took care to represent his authority and reflect his stature. Talented artists were recruited to engrave the dies (mol...

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Culture
Byzantium
Technique
gold
Medium
gold
Genre
Coins
Department
Medieval Art

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