Gold Coin Pendant of Constantine

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 03 October 2016
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Gold pendant set with a coin of Constantine the Great, c 320s CE.

The British Museum, London.

The pendant is made in a pierced metalwork technique popular in fine jewellery of the time. The obverse of the coin depicts a bust of Constantine I, who looks to the left. The Roman emperor wears a radiate diadem and cuirass as well as paludamentum. His right hand is upraised. Latin inscriptions can be seen around the bust of the emperor. Each angle of the hexagon was decorated with busts (male and female) in high relief. At the left lower corner of the hexagon, a bust of Attis wearing a Phrygian cap appears.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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