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ID number:  BIRBI-B4576
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine V; Leo IV; Syracuse
Denomination:  Forty nummi
Place made:  Sicily: Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  751-775
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.78
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 815. Bt A. H. Baldwin 1948 for 11s 0d.
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Description:  Obverse: Constantine V and son Leo standing facing wearing chlamys and cross crowns, holding akakia in r. hands, a cross between their heads. Reverse: Leo standing facing wearing chlamys and holding cross potent in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: […] / Λ ϵ O […] (… Leo). Reverse: […] ϵ O […] / […] (… Leo).

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 pl. X Æ19, BN II pl. LXVII Sy/Æ/07 or 11

4 Related People

Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Leo IV
Byzantine
750-01
780-09-08
Constantine V
Byzantine
718
775-09-14
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