chain;
coin
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.160
- Description
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Six links of a gold chain, each link comprising a gold solidus of Justinian I to the ribbed frame of which an outer border of beaded wire has been soldered. Each link has twin hinge-loops on one edge and a single loop on the opposite edge.
- Production date
- 527-565
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 19 millimetres (solidus)
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Length: 188 millimetres
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Weight: 53.50 grammes
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Width: 25 millimetres
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Depth: 4.60 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 375:
This fragment, perhaps part of a necklace, belt or breast-chain, is reputed to have been part of the Byzantine Treasure from Egypt published by Dennison (1918), but there is no good evidence for this. The fragment can be compared with the gold belt in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, from Lambousa, Cyprus (for bibliography see Kent & Painter 1971, no.191). The coins correspond (reading left to right with obverse portraits uppermost) to those in Bellinger & Grierson 1966 (1, pp.70-1, nos 9h, 9e, 9i, 8j, 9h, and 9c). For more about coin-set jewellery see Gere et al 1984 (vol. 1, pp 58-59). (Charlotte Gere)
- Location
- On display (G41/dc14/sB)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2012-2013 11 Nov-25 Aug, USA, Art Institute of Chicago, Tradition Transformed: Late Roman and Early Byzantine Treasures from the British Museum
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.160
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.160 (masterlist number)
