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ID number: BIRBI-B4524 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Constantine V; Constantinople Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 6.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2808; bt. Cunningham Feb 1951 |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys, globus cruciger in r. hand, akakia in l. Reverse: denomination mark, with bust of Constantine wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l., above on ornate zigzag bar with double-pellet at either end, cross in field r.
Inscriptions: Obverse invisible. Reverse: [... ...]INЧS M / […] […]X (… Constantine… 30).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE30 BN none
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