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ID number: BIRBI-VV0029 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Athalaric; Rome Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Rome Culture: Ostrogothic Date made: 526-534 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4723. A. H. Baldwin, 18th July 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Roma, draped, facing r. wearing plumed helmet and earrings. Reverse: Inscription on four lines within wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INVIC… A ROMA (Unconquered Rome). Reverse: D N / ATHAL/ARICVS / REX (Our lord King Athalaric).
Bibliography: MEC I 133; Metlich 86
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