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ID number: BIRBI-LR0584 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Pulcheria; Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 423-424 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 270. From Rev. Fane Dickson Collection, January 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Pulcheria, wearing pearl diadem and necklace, draped, hand holding wreath above and facing r., Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l., holding long cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: AEL PVLCH-ERIA AVC (Aelia Pulcheria Augusta). Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX H (Prayers for Twenty Years of Rule, More for His Thirtieth Anniversary. H: Control mark 5). In Exergue: CONOB
Bibliography: RIC X 220 (Theodosius, East)
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