Taking Byzantine coins as the core historical material, this project examines the characteristics of the“display of imperial power”in the design of Byzantine coins.The main issues to be explored:First, what are the similarities and differences in the display of imperial power in the coin designs of the early Byzantine period compared to the period of the ancient Roman Empire.What information related to imperial power did the coin images of the Byzantine period carry?How to show the orthodoxy, sacredness and authority of imperial power?Fourth.