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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4511
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Leo III; Constantine V; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  717-741
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  4.33
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0337; bt. Baldwin January 1951, ex Grantley lot 2475 (1944)
BIRBI-B4511.jpg

Description:  Obverse: bust facing in chlamys, cross crown and short beard, akakia in l. hand, globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: bust facing in chlamys, cross crown and beardless, akakia in l. hand, globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ϽN[...] LE[...]N P A MЧL (Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years). Reverse: [...] [...]ONSτANτINUS (Constantine). Off. M (?)

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 AV5.6
BN II pl.LXVI AV/02

5 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Leo III
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741-06-18
Constantine V
Byzantine
718
775-09-14
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
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