Solidus (Coin) of Emperor Theodosius I
Byzantine (now Istanbul)
383 (25 August)-388 (28 August)
- Medium
- Gold
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.1 cm (7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Istanbul
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front of this coin portrays the Emperor Theodosius I facing right.
On the back the personification of Rome sits with her foot on the prow of a vessel, holding a spear and a shield which bears an as yet untranslated inscription.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
