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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0009
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Jovian; Constantinople
Denomination:  Siliqua
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  363-364
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.94
Weight (g):  2.13
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2068.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Jovian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IOVIHN VS P F AVC (our lord Jovian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / V / MVL / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for the 10th anniversary). Mint mark: CP· Δ (Constantinopolis 4).

Bibliography:  RIC VIII 173

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Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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