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Gold Solidus of Emperor Constantine I, minted in Nicomedia
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…
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…
Gold solidus of Emperor Arcadius, mint of Constantinople
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)
Constantinopolis seated, right, holding sceptre and Victory. (reverse)
Helmeted and diademed bust of Arcadius, facing, cuirassed and holding spear and shield. (obverse)
Gold Solidus of Emperor Anastasios, part of the Horndean Hoard, Hampshire, Britain
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
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
Gold pound of the Republic of South Africa, 1874.
Obverse: Thomas François Burgers (15 April 1834 – 9 December 1881) was the 4th president of the South African Republic from 1872 to 1877.
Reverse: Eendragt maakt magt" on the new state's shield
Reverse: Eendragt maakt magt" on the new state's shield
Gold Medallion of Constantius I Chlorus
Museum Description: “Britain rejoins the Roman Empire!
In AD 296 Britain was again annexed to the Roman Empire after the ten-year rule of the usurpers Carausius and Allectus. They had governed Britain as self-styled emperors, but were not…
In AD 296 Britain was again annexed to the Roman Empire after the ten-year rule of the usurpers Carausius and Allectus. They had governed Britain as self-styled emperors, but were not…
Gold ingot, late 4th century, found in Romania, Braşov (county), and Braşov (city)
Gold currency-bar stamped four times with a rectangular stamp recording the name of the procurator, Flavianus and once with the name of the assayer, Lucianus.
This is one of a hoard of fifteen such bars found in a Carpathian mountain pass in the…
This is one of a hoard of fifteen such bars found in a Carpathian mountain pass in the…
Gold imitation of a 5th-6th c. Byzantine solidus. Found in a burial, in Turfan, Astana, China
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),…
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),…