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ID number: BIRBI-LR0672 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Miliarensis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 408-420 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Barber Acquisition. A. H. Baldwin, 29th July, 1997. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius II, wearing pearl-diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Theodosius II, nimbate, draped and cuirassed, standing front with head facing l., holding spear in r. and resting l. on shield; star in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVC (Our Lord Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA ROMANORVN (Glory of the Romans). In Exergue: CON
Bibliography: RIC X 368
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