Una revolución iconográfica. La introducción del busto de Cristo en la moneda.Entre religión, política y economía

  1. José María de Francisco Olmos 1
  2. Ana Vico Belmonte 2
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01v5cv687

Journal:
Emblemata: Revista aragonesa de emblemática

ISSN: 1137-1056

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 27-28

Pages: 217-243

Type: Article

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Abstract

The relevance of numismatic iconography and prospects of monetary rates supposed for its issue, had led us to research the origin of the inclusion of the bust of Christ in the coin, which traditionally had been linked to the Byzantine coinage of Justinian II. Nevertheless, the analysis of the succession of events located the beginning of the appearance of the bust of Christ as the main monetary type of a coin throughout Christian Europe in the Visigothic kingdom of Toledo, thus anticipating the Justinian mintage by some years. Associating, from now on, this iconographic novelty to the succession troubles which were undermining the Visigoth state.

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