Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justinian I

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

538-539

Byzantine, minted in Constantinople

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Justinian I, facing forward and holding a globe in his right hand; there is a cross above his left shoulder.

The back (reverse) depicts the letter M with a cross above.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Artist: Byzantine
Title: Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justinian I
Place: Istanbul (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Struck 538 CE–539 CE
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Obverse: DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVC Reverse: M / ANNO XII / CON
Dimensions: Diam.: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
Reference Number: 1940.11
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/36626/manifest.json

Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago, by Karen Manchester (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.

Emily Crane Chadbourne (1871- 1964), Paris, London, and Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1940.

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