Byzantine

Scope note

Refers to the style and period of Christian art that developed in the easstern Mediterranean during the Byzantine Empire (330 - 1453 CE), was carried throughout much of the Christian world, and lasted into the 16th century in eastern Europe. The style is characterized by imperial and religious subject matter, and a movement away from the original Greek naturalistic forms to favor ritualistic stylization, intended to suggest the spiritual. For the style and period of the Italian and western Mediterranean Christian world roughly from the foruth to the mid-eighth century CE, use "Early Christian."

This term has 506 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
School / style
Period
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300020669

Broader Terms used

<Early Christian-Byzantine styles and periods>

Narrower Terms used

<Byzantine regional styles>
Late Byzantine
Latin Empire
Middle Byzantine
Early Byzantine

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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16 nummi

Maker(s)

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

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Half follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justinian II (685-95, 705-11)
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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Hexanummium

Maker(s)

Ruler: Heraclius (610-641)
Mint: Alexandria

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Tremissis

Maker(s)

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

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anastasius I (491-518)
Mint: Antioch
State: Roman Empire

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20 nummi

Maker(s)

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

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5 nummi

Maker(s)

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

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AE 4

Maker(s)

Ruler: Basil I (867-886)
Mint: Chersonesos
State: Roman Empire

Byzantine

Maker(s)

Issuer: Constantinople

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Bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Dodecanummium

Maker(s)

Ruler: Cosroes II (590-628)
Ruler: Heraclius (610-641) (Inferred)
Mint: Alexandria

One of two Byzantine coins found in England

Maker(s)

Mint: Thessalonica
Ruler: Justin II (565-78)

One of a collection of 456 Roman coins formed for study purposes by Professor Giles F. Carter, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Michigan University. Some of the coins were acquired primarily to undertake metallurgical analysis on them, and are donated to us with the intention that they should continue to be used as such. These are a very welcome resource for the Museum, but they would not be accessioned as part of our curatorial collection. Other coins were acquired for the study of types and varieties, and at least 200 of these would be accessioned. The final selection would be made after acceptance by the Syndicate.

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Phocas (602-10)

One of twenty Ancient Greek, twelve Roman, one Byzantine and one fake of a Roman Republican coin that belonged to late Prof. Nicholas Coldstream, FBA (K) (1927-2008), Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, University College London:

Maker(s)

Mint: Cyzicus
Ruler: Justin II (565-78)

One of seventeen Roman, six Byzantine and three Islamic coins, and one banknote:

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Heraclius (610-41)

One of forty-three items comprising six Roman and Byzantine coins, thirty-two modern coins, tokens and medals, one banknote, and three other items:

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Anastasius (491-518)

One of seventeen Roman, six Byzantine and three Islamic coins, and one banknote:

Maker(s)

Mint: Thessalonica
Ruler: Justin II (565-78)

One of seventeen Roman, six Byzantine and three Islamic coins, and one banknote:

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Leo VI (886-912)

Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Heraclius (610-641)

Byzantine

Maker(s)

Mint: Cyzicus
Ruler: Heraclius (610-641)

Basilikon

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronicus II (1282-1328)
Andronikos III Palaiologos (1328-1341)
Mint: Constantinople

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Michael VIII (1259-1282)
Mint: Constantinople

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