COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1994.98.1-4
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CMA_.1994.98.1-4
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Byzantine
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Byzantine
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Byzantium, Late Roman, Constantinian Era
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Byzantium, Late Roman, Constantinian Era
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Pendant with a Double Solidus of Constantine I
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Pendant with a Double Solidus of Constantine I
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
324-326
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324-326
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
324
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324
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
326
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326
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
gold
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gold
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Jewelry
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Jewelry
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Jewelry
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Jewelry
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
Byzantium, Late Roman, Constantinian Era
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Byzantium, Late Roman, Constantinian Era
Style or Period
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Dimensions:
Overall: 9.1cm x 9.8cm
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Overall: 9.1cm x 9.8cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1994.98.1
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1994.98.1
ID Number
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ID Number:
1994.98.2
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1994.98.2
ID Number
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ID Number:
1994.98.3
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1994.98.3
ID Number
false
ID Number:
1994.98.4
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1994.98.4
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
These elements formed part of what must have been one of the most elaborate gold necklaces produced during the 4th century, in the era of Constantine the Great (AD 306-337). Representing the finest quality goldsmithwork to have survived from that epoch, they were found as part of a hoard of jewelry and coins that included four other coin-set pendants, two round and two hexagonal in shape (now dispersed between Washington, London, and Paris). The Cleveland pendant, the only one hexagonal in shape, was surely the ensemble?s centerpiece.The eight-sided pendant was made from a sheet of gold decorated in an openwork technique, and set with a coin (a double solidus) of Constantine, whose image appears on the front (or obverse). Such elaborate coin-set jewelry is believed to have been presented as imperial gifts to members of the emperor?s family or to important political supporters. Surrounding the coin are eight strikinglythree-dimensional male and female busts that may represent mythological figures. On the coin?s reverse are portraits of Constantine?s sons, Crispus and Constantine II, and an inscription indicating the coin was struck on New Year?s Day, ad 324, to commemorate their third consulship. Crispus?s execution in ad 326 suggests that the pendant was made between these dates.
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These elements formed part of what must have been one of the most elaborate gold necklaces produced during the 4th century, in the era of Constantine the Great (AD 306-337). Representing the finest quality goldsmithwork to have survived from that epoch, they were found as part of a hoard of jewelry and coins that included four other coin-set pendants, two round and two hexagonal in shape (now dispersed between Washington, London, and Paris). The Cleveland pendant, the only one hexagonal in shape, was surely the ensemble?s centerpiece.The eight-sided pendant was made from a sheet of gold decorated in an openwork technique, and set with a coin (a double solidus) of Constantine, whose image appears on the front (or obverse). Such elaborate coin-set jewelry is believed to have been presented as imperial gifts to members of the emperor?s family or to important political supporters. Surrounding the coin are eight strikinglythree-dimensional male and female busts that may represent mythological figures. On the coin?s reverse are portraits of Constantine?s sons, Crispus and Constantine II, and an inscription indicating the coin was struck on New Year?s Day, ad 324, to commemorate their third consulship. Crispus?s execution in ad 326 suggests that the pendant was made between these dates.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1994.98.1-.4.tif
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CMA_.1994.98.1-.4.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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