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Necklace mounted with gold coin of Emperor Valens
Roman
Late Roman
A.D. 364-378
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Length: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.) necklace
Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.) pendant
Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.) pendant
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.1
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThe pendant with the gold coin or solidus of Emperor Valens (AD 364-378) is set in a palmette and dart mount and comes with a figure “8” loop-in-loop chain with a Herakles know fastener.
Only the obverse of the coin is visible, the reverse is blocked by a gold sheet disc.
Obverse legend: DNVALENS PERFAVG (Dominus Noster Valens Perpetuus Felix Augustus)
Reverse ?: RESTITVTOTRREI PVBLICAE?)
Only the obverse of the coin is visible, the reverse is blocked by a gold sheet disc.
Obverse legend: DNVALENS PERFAVG (Dominus Noster Valens Perpetuus Felix Augustus)
Reverse ?: RESTITVTOTRREI PVBLICAE?)
ProvenanceBy 1964: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne (Ars Antiqua auction 5, November 7, 1964, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, lot 159); purchased at the Ars Antiqua auction for MFA by Bank Leu and Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich; January 13, 1965: purchased by MFA from Bank Leu and Co.