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Gold Coin Pendant of Constantine
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.
