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Historical Archive: Crowns and Diadems through about 850 Images follow surviving examples. Headdress mount(?), gold/garnet/glass/poss. jadeite, 2nd-3rd c., eastern Black Sea, Morgan 2012.2:105 Atef crown: Osiris and inscription from Abydos or Thebes, limestone, New Kingdom later 18th dynasty (c.1550-1295 BCE), KM 1971.02.0191 Akhenaten, Nefertiti, 3 daughters, limestone, c.1345 BCE, SMB EgMP ÄM 14145, which has its own page ivory sphinx, Nimrud 8th c. BCE, Penn 65-3-2 diadem, Medici cameo: emperor with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page. Crowned ibis, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26064, Bonner 47 diadem: Roman gem on Ste. Foi reliquary, Conques, which has its own page diadem: Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, agate cameo 41-54 CE; frame Italy, late 16th c.:gold, pearls, enamel. AIC 1991.375. For profile see AIC. Serapis from Karanis (Egypt), serpentine, 2nd c., KM 0000.00.8526 diadem: Iulia Domna, gilded silver, Rome 205-11, SMBMünz 18200788 diadems: Dionysiac scene on Sasanian silver/gilt dish, 224-651, from Alkino village, Pernoll, MSHM Valerian (253-60) captured by Shapur I (241-72), Sassanian sardonyx cameo, c. 260 CE, CdM Babelon 360 diadem: follis of Constantine I, Antioch 327-28, MNW 152494 ob nummus of Constantine I obverse, copper alloy, Constantinople 327-28, DO BZC.1948.17.498. For reverse see DO coins. diadem: Constantius II? El Bab, Syria, c.335-61, Penn L-51-1, which has its own page diadem: Julian the Apostate gold solidus, 361-363, DO gold medallion with coin of Valens, Trier 364-78, SMBMünz 18200869 Valentinian I and Valens gold medallion from Zagórzyn, Poland (unofficial, after official issue prob. of 364-67), SMBMünz 18200868. For details see Berlin. Valentinian I, gold 2 solidi, Trier 367-75, reverse: Rome and Constantinople, SMBMünz 18200865 Valentinian I, gold 4.5 solidi, Antioch 367-75, SMBMünz 18200863 diadem: Valens adventus, gold 1.5 solidi, Trier 375-78, SMBMünz 18200866 walled crown: Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 38, which has its own page with companion panel Honorius silver 6 siliquae, Rome 404-407/08, SMBMünz 18200867 Priscus Attalus silver multiplum, Rome 409-10, SMBMünz 18200872 Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages with many crowns. diadem: Thrasamund (496-523), silver Vandal 50 denari, Hermitage OH-З-91683 Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, late 5th to early 6th c. This work has its own page with more crowns. crown? Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page SS. Martin and Clemis (Clement), south wall mosaic, early 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page with more crowns. diadem: prob. Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis of Justinian, obverse, Hermitage. For same ruler's reverse see Hermitage. Justinian and retinue, apse wall mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. Theodora and retinue, apse wall mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. Barberini Diptych: triumph of Justinian, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page. Cup of Chosroes. Gold, rock crystal, red and green glass, Sassanian, 531-579. CdM Chab. 2538. This work has its own page. Baduila (Totila, 541-52), Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, obverse: Felix Ticinum (Pavia), Hermitage OH-З-115057. For same ruler's reverse see Hermitage. Joseph: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page with more crowns Lateran Baptistery, Rome, Chapel of St. Vanantius, 640-49. This chapel has its own interior page with more examples. Justinian II gold solidus, 685-95, DO Whittemore 155, which has its own page with other views. Justinian II and Tiberius: gold solidus 705-11, DO 48.17.2397, which has its own page with other views. Rider (Charles the Bald or Charlemagne?), bronze, 9th c., Louvre OA 8260. This work has its own page. Theophilus follis, obverse: crown with toupha (crest), Constantinople 829-42, NBM Louis the German (d.876) seal: 831 Aug. 18, BHA KS13 Louis the German (d.876) seal: 844 Apr. 4, BHA KS25