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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4560 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Constantine V; Syracuse Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 720-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.35 Weight (g): 1.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1012. Bt Glendining 10.ii.61 lot 89. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Constantine beardless wearing crown and chlamys, holding some form of cross (cross potent?) in right hand and akakia in left. Reverse: bearded bust of Leo III facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding a globus cruciger in right hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: [..]IM+ (Constantine?). Reverse: […]LE[…] (Leo). Bibliography: Cf. DOC III.1 pl. X Constantine V AV17 Notes: This type is usually attributed to Constantine V, but that he is beardless whereas Leo is bearded suggests that Leo should considered senior emperor. Whitting also made this attribution. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Leo III Syrian 685 741-06-18 | |
| Constantine V Byzantine 718 775-09-14 | |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
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