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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0008 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Jovian; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 363-364 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.11 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 35. A. H. Baldwin, April 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Jovian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma and Constantinopolis, enthroned, each holding circle containing inscription with r. hand and spear in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IOVIHNVS P F PERP AVC (our lord Jovian pious fortunate eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOT / V / MVL / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for the 10th anniversary). Peripheral: SECVRITA S REI PVBLICAE (security of the Republic). Mint mark: CONSP (mint of Constantinopolis). Bibliography: RIC VIII 169 var. Notes: Obverse bust is rosette and laurel diademed instead of rosette diademed. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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