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Details for Constantinople

Full name: Constantinople

This person or thing (agent) has been used 371 times within our collections systems.

As a maker of objects: 371 times.

Type of agent

Creator

Created

13yrs ago

Closely matched 3rd party resources

http://nomisma.org/id/constantinople
http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002473
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16869
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Constantinople
http://sws.geonames.org/745044
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520985

Getty TGN Information

The city was held by the Persian Empire in 512 BCE. Later was a Roman Republic free city. It was the seat of Constantine I's empire from 330, and the terminus of the ancient Silk Road trade route. Was declared a Christian city by Constantine. From the 6th-13th centuries, the city was attacked by Persians, Arabs, Bulgars and Russians, and eventually taken by the Fourth Crusade army in 1203. Later taken by Ottomans.

Nomisma Definition

The mint at the ancient site of Constantinople in Thrace.

Labels in other languages sourced via Nomisma

Constantinople
Константинополь
Konstantinopol
Constantinopolis
Konstantinopel
Constantinoble
君士坦丁堡
استانبول
Constantinopla
Constantinople

Concept type

Mint

Map via Nomisma

Connected records

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Constantius II (324-61)

Roman Empire

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Theodosius I (379-95)

Roman Empire

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Constantius Gallus (351-4)

Roman Empire

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Constantius II (324-61)

Byzantine

Maker(s)

Issuer: Constantinople

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Half follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justinian II (685-95, 705-11)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Leo VI (886-912)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Aspron trachy nomisma

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alexius III (1195-1203)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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20 nummi

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justin II (565-574) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Constantinople (After)
State: Roman Empire
Place of use: Byzantine Empire

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius II (578-582)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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5 nummi

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justinian I (527-565)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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5 nummi

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justinian I (527-565)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justin I (518-527)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Honorius (395-423)
Ruler: Arcadius (383-408) (Inferred)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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AE 2

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valentinian II (375-92)
Ruler: Theodosius I (379-95) (Inferred)
Ruler: Arcadius (383-408) (Inferred)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Procopius (365-66)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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AE 3

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valens (364-378)
Ruler: Valentinian I (364-75) (Inferred)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Nummus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constans (AD 333-50) (Inferred)
Ruler: Constantine II (337-40) (Inferred)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantius II (337-61) (Inferred)
Ruler: Constantius Gallus (351-354) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Nummus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37) (Inferred)
Issuer: Urbs Roma (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37)
Ruler: Constantius II (337-61) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Constantinople

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Roman Imperial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Theodosius I (379-95)
Ruler: Gratian (367-83) (Inferred)
Ruler: Valentinian II (375-92) (Inferred)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Constantinople

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Nummus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine I The Great (AD 306-37) (Inferred)
Ruler: Hanniballianus (337) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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Tremissis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Phocas (602-610)
Mint: Constantinople
State: Roman Empire

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