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| Keywords: Byzantine - Belt Section with Medallions of Constantius II and Faustina - Walters 57527 - Back.jpg Imperial medallions such as this one of Constantius II reigned 350-361 were often mounted by their recipients to boast of their highly favored status in society This stunning example minted in Nicomedia Asia Minor represents on the reverse the triumphant emperor in his chariot Smaller coins were also mounted as jewelry like the smaller aureus honoring Galeria Faustina died 140/141 wife of Antoninus Pius Other mounted coins separated by lengths of chain would have completed this section of either a belt or a necklace late Other date century 4 Late Antique openwork gold with semiprecious stones Overall cm 15 2 19 4 ; Constantine Medallion Diam 3 3/16 x D 5/16 in 8 1 x 0 8 cm ; Faustina Medallion H 1 3/8 x D 1/4 in 3 5 x 0 7 cm accession number 57 527 27951 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 Transcription Inscribed on small medallion of Faustina I obverse of coin DIVA FAVSTINA; Translation The Deified Faustina; Transcription Inscribed on reverse of coin AVGVSTA; Translation Augusta empress ; Transcription Inscribed on large medallion of Constantius II obverse of coin D ominus N oster CONSTANTIVS MAX imus AVGVSTVS; Translation Our Lord Constantius Great emperor; Transcription Inscribed on large medallion of Constantius II reverse of coin D ominus N oster CONSTANTIVS P ius F elix AVGVSTVS; Translation Our dutiful and blessed lord Constantius emperor Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Late Antiquity and Early Christianity Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus Frankfurt am Main 1983-1984 Coins and Costume in Late Antiquity Dumbarton Oaks Washington 1993-1994 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Nicomedia in present-day Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine belts Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Medals of Constantius II Coins of Faustina Major | ||||
