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ID number: BIRBI-LR0630 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Zeno; Thessalonica Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 476-491 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 264. Glendining, 20th March 1952. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Zeno, wearing plumed helmet and pearl diadem, cuirassed, holding spear in r. and shield decorated with horseman on left arm, facing front. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l., holding long cross; six-pointed stars in field, to l. and r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ZENO PERP λVC (Our Lord Zeno, Everlasting Augustus). Reverse: VIGTORI-A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). In Exergue: CONOB
Bibliography: RIC X 941
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