1 10 22 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/056b3372c17aefa92df74f3b9161400a.JPG 5f8194c68f09460adba722ab282ef695 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold Aureus of Emperor Constantine I, minted in Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) Subject The topic of the resource 321 AD Sirmium, gold, 4.32 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Bust of Constantine I, draped, cuirassed, head, laureate, right. (obverse). Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over both shoulders, standing right, crowning, with raised right hand, Constantine I, in military dress, with cloak over both shoulders, standing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and globe in right. (reverse) Inscriptions Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Reverse: SOL INVICTO COMITI Reverse exergue: SIRM IIIF Item Metadata UUID 5f896499-c240-45af-974e-4daf7c4780be https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/3e516d7e6b9b1b14adef0e4b4cb9537b.JPG e5b6cb77d749dd8e2ef4c9ec7a76deca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold Solidus of Emperor Constantine I, minted in Nicomedia Subject The topic of the resource 324-325, Nicomedia, gold, 4.43 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Gold coin. (whole) Victory, winged, draped, seated left on throne, holding small Victory, winged, draped, holding wreath up in right hand, standing right, on right hand, and cornucopiae in left: shield behind to right. (reverse) Head of Constantine I, with plain diadem, looking upwards, right. (obverse) Inscriptions Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG Reverse: SMN IIIF Item Metadata UUID 4482aebf-e337-465d-8bda-490d2de71ee6 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/9c3773cd7779a5acac0cb60ee57ef8dd.jpg 2eb05ac96305d5f22fd943a1e1b9d2ef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold solidus of Galla Placidia, mint of Rome Subject The topic of the resource 421-450, Ravenna, gold, 4.47 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Diademed, draped (with Christogram on shoulder) and cuirassed bust of Galla Placidia, right, crowned by manus Dei (obverse). Victory, right, holding long jewelled cross. (reverse) Inscriptions Obverse: D N GALLA PLACIDIA P F AVG Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX Reverse field and exergue: R V // COMOB IIIF Item Metadata UUID df37a9dd-9f35-4e62-9f16-f4055de94d25 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/bd34fc9b90aeffd392674fb4067cc756.JPG bfacdc1cf4eb8a0572a19af61b9f4e22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold solidus of Emperor Arcadius, mint of Constantinople Subject The topic of the resource 383-408, Constantinople, gold, 4.45 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Gold coin. (whole) Constantinopolis seated, right, holding sceptre and Victory. (reverse) Helmeted and diademed bust of Arcadius, facing, cuirassed and holding spear and shield. (obverse) IIIF Item Metadata UUID c9803010-6910-442a-82ac-b7ee03905cdc https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/7f83e9b49c5e536ad4931b252fda88aa.jpg 6694298a7dcac0f5ed0a353fcc83cc3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Copper alloy medallion, created under Emperor Constantine I, in celebration of the new imperial capital Constantinople Subject The topic of the resource 340-347, copper alloy, 38.26 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Copper alloy medallion. (whole) Bust of Constantinopolis, helmeted, left, with sceptre on left shoulder. (obverse) Constantinopolis, turreted and seated left on stool, holding branch and cornucopia; she is crowned by Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm. (reverse) IIIF Item Metadata UUID 8501ab8b-ebc6-4eb8-9e66-b8cdceb665e2 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/8e0510fb75fe5bc612acc9eecece0dd5.jpg 8208a563cf1526089f978481b783a7e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Anastasios Dish Subject The topic of the resource 491-518, excavated from Sutton Hoo, silver, 564 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Large shallow silver platter with a deep foot-ring set off-centre, made in one piece with the platter. The whole platter is virtually flat, with a flat raised rim and a slight lip. In the centre of the platter is a roundel, comprising a medallion holding a small bird with outstretched wings, set within an eight-pointed star formed by two crossed squares. Between the points of the star are fleur-de-lys motifs. Outside this is a circular band of running spirals. This design is contained within a larger eight-pointed star also formed by two crossed squares, filled with frond, palmette and fleur-de-lys ornament. The frames of the squares contain a running spiral design. Between the points of this star are foliate fleur-de-lys, scroll and leaf motifs. The entire roundel is contained within a plain circular border. Between the roundel and the rim is a ring of engraved ornament, divided into four segments by four evenly spaced medallions, with each segment containing a different foliate and geometric design. Two of the medallions depict a seated female figure, holding an orb and a spear; the other two medallions depict running female figures carrying different objects before them. The rim is similarly decorated with engraved ornament, divided into four segments by four small, evenly spaced, medallions, with each segment also containing a different foliate and geometric design. The medallions depict running figures carrying objects before them. A large area in the middle of the platter is undecorated, and shows signs of wear and cracking, as does the rim. There are four control stamps of Emperor Anastasius I on the back of the platter, within the foot-ring. Two different control stamps were used twice each: one hexagonal, and one oblong in shape. Inscription IIIF Item Metadata UUID 413d55da-e912-46bd-95e9-00b703c362bc https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/075477a542824383127ff95abd1f801d.jpg 6fbd1de23e076500578ad2ade914ce1a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold Solidus of Emperor Anastasios, part of the Horndean Hoard, Hampshire, Britain Subject The topic of the resource 492-507, Constantinople, gold, 4.51 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Gold coin. (whole) Victory holding long cross. (reverse) Cuirassed bust facing with shield and spear over shoulder. (obverse) Inscriptions Obverse: DN ANASTA - SIVS PP AVG Reverse: VICTORI - AAVGGG I Mintmark: CONOB IIIF Item Metadata UUID d7a78686-061e-4586-9dc2-56a8733857ee https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/80b23e42433825ebb128ccb8fb608434.jpg f3d0f3b8901e8f3e5ba8c3bd58f940b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Silver imitation of a coin of Emperor Anastasios I, struck by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths. Subject The topic of the resource 493-498, Milan, silver, 0.88 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Silver coin. (whole) Diademed, draped profile bust, right, of Anastasius I, below ... (obverse) Monogram of Theodoric, cross above, star below. (reverse) IIIF Item Metadata UUID 2e4ac202-8f95-46b8-a346-4601829e0734 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/eb691e95f9cfc3e0c87c1949a422e7db.jpg 69157e46dae77157c3638cb37aef8558 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold imitation of a 5th-6th c. Byzantine solidus. Found in a burial, in Turfan, Astana, China Subject The topic of the resource 5th-6th centuries, found in Astana, gold, 0.59 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Gold coin; imitation of Byzantine coin. Curator's comments Stein 1928, p.648: "Tomb i.5, which lay nearest to i.1 in a southerly direction, was found to contain three bodies, lying with their heads to the south. The one next to the entrance, (a), was big, obviously of a man, while the one in the middle, (b), was small and probably that of a woman. ... From the mouth of (a) a thin gold coin (Pl.CXX) was recovered, derived like the one in Ast.i.3 from a type of Justinian I, but struck only on one side and manifestly a more distant imitation." Stein 1928, p.646: "The fact that out of the four coins actually found by us in the mouths of Astana corpses three are Byzantine gold pieces or imitations of such pieces (Ast.i.3.023; Ast.i.5.08; Ast.i.6.03) and one a Sasanian silver coin (Ast.v.2.02) might naturally predispose us to connect this practice with the ancient Greek custom of placing a coin between the lips of the dead as the fare to Charon, the ferryman of Hades. But the reference with which M. Chavannes kindly supplied me in 1916 to a Buddhist story in the Chinese Tripitaka suggests that the custom was not unknown in the Far East also. [fn4: See Chavannes, Cinq cents contes et apologues extraits du Tripitaka chinois, i, p.248] It must further be borne in mind that as China had never had a gold or silver coinage, those who at Turfan wished to provide their dead with an adequate obolus for the journey to the world beyond would necessarily have to use a coin of Western origin for their pious purpose, if they wished it to be of precious metal." IIIF Item Metadata UUID 74e133af-4d4b-4153-b29e-ff029614b61b https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/haaimagehosting/original/7550d0eda30b4348d7f1801d432c5bac.jpg a18ad1062cb3cb62610345a93d7319bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Late Antiquity 4/19 IIIF Collection Metadata UUID 75926b03-cd98-454b-841e-fec873602391 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold uniface imitation of Byzantine gold coin.Three-quarter face bust of Anastasios or Justinian I. Minted/created in China: Xinjiang Subject The topic of the resource 6th c, Xinjiang, gold, 0.85 g, British Museum Description An account of the resource Uniface imitation of Byzantine gold coin. (whole) Blank. (reverse) Three-quarter face bust of Justinian I. (obverse) Curator's comments Stein 1928, p.646: "The fact that out of the four coins actually found by us in the mouths of Astana corpses three are Byzantine gold pieces or imitations of such pieces (Ast.i.3.023; Ast.i.5.08; Ast.i.6.03) and one a Sasanian silver coin (Ast.v.2.02) might naturally predispose us to connect this practice with the ancient Greek custom of placing a coin between the lips of the dead as the fare to Charon, the ferryman of Hades. But the reference with which M. Chavannes kindly supplied me in 1916 to a Buddhist story in the Chinese Tripitaka suggests that the custom was not unknown in the Far East also. [fn4: See Chavannes, Cinq cents contes et apologues extraits du Tripitaka chinois, i, p.248] It must further be borne in mind that as China had never had a gold or silver coinage, those who at Turfan wished to provide their dead with an adequate obolus for the journey to the world beyond would necessarily have to use a coin of Western origin for their pious purpose, if they wished it to be of precious metal." Stein 1928, p.649: ""From the head of the other body, (b), which may have been that of a woman, was recovered the fragmentary face-cover of polychrome figured silk, Ast.i.6.01, showing 'Sasanian' pattern with a boar's head and pearl border, similar to Ast.i.5.03 (Pl.LXXVI), but smaller. Underneath was found the pair of silver spectacles, Ast.i.6.07 (Pl.LXXXIX). The mouth of (b) held a thin gold coin (Pl.CXX), struck on one side only, showing the three-quarter face bust of Justinian I, as it appears on the Byzantine coins of which this and the gold pieces from Ast.i.3 and Ast.i.5 are undoubtedly imitations. Two Wu-zhu [pinyin: wuzhu] coins, in perfect condition, were found near the head of (b)." IIIF Item Metadata UUID 9e81cd36-8562-402e-ae10-8650eb00901c