Solidus (Coin) of Empress Irene by Byzantine
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Solidus (Coin) of Empress Irene

Byzantine · 797-802

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Dr. John, Gulick, Chapel Hill, N.C. (1924-2012), probably by 1973 [based on numismatics reference numbers, see justification in curatorial file]; with Harlan J. Berk Ltd., Chicago, by 2014; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 151, October 24, 2014-April 21, 2017.

Literature

Published references

  • Elizabeth Hahn Benge, "From Aegina to Andronicus: A Survey of Coinage at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Historia Mundi n. 5 (January 2016), pp. 202-3, 208, (fig. 4).
  • James Rondeau (ed.), Highlights of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2026), cat. no. 18, p. 40 (ill.).

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