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Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set
The collection record classifies this work as jewelry. It is dated 324–26 CE. Recorded culture or place: Byzantium, Late Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, (probably Sirium or Nicomedia), Byzantine period.
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- Museum title
- Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set
- Date
- 324–26 CE
- Culture / origin
- Byzantium, Late Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, (probably Sirium or Nicomedia), Byzantine period
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Not specified by the museum
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1994.98
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Mounted at the center of this octagonal pendant is a rare coin issued by Constantine the Great, the Roman Empire’s first Christian emperor. Constantine’s portrait appears on the coin’s front, those of two of his sons on the back. Constantine’s image is surrounded by male and female busts, some of which are mythological figures. The pendant once formed the centerpiece of a sumptuous gold necklace, likely a gift for a high-ranking court official or member of the imperial family. This larger necklace is thought to have included four additional coin-set pendants—two hexagonal and two circular, now in Washington, DC (Dumbarton Oaks), London (British Museum), and Paris (Musée du Louvre).
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
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