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ID number: BIRBI-B4565 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine V; Syracuse Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0500. Bt B. A. Seaby Mar 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Constantine V standing facing dividing legend, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in right hand. Reverse: Leo standing facing dividing legend, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in right hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […] ω N S (Constantine). Reverse: Λ E O N / Δ E C […] (Despot Leo).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl. X Æ18.2, BN II pl. LXVII Sy/Æ/03
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