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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0207
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Theodosius I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  379-383
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.19
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 38. B. A. Seaby, December 1949, ex Rev. Fane Dickson Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with orb in l. hand and sceptre in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCOR DIA AVCCC (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 44c

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Theodosius I
Roman

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