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ID number: BIRBI-A-B071 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Ifriqiya Denomination: Dinar Place made: Tunisia Culture: Arabic Date made: AH 48-76/AD 668-696 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 4.32 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 442 - bt A. H. Baldwin 7th October 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust 3/4 r. wearing cuirass, paludamentum and plumed helmet, holding spear transversely behind head in r. hand. Pellet in r.of field. Reverse: Cross potent with D on lower limb, on three steps, I in l. of field, large pellet in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DO N… (Constantine). Reverse: ЧICTOR A AVҀV (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: ƆOИOB[reversed].
Bibliography: cf. DOC II.2 p. 547 48 var
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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