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ID number: BIRBI-B4528 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; Syracuse Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5755; bt. Dr. Schore/Schove(?) 26.iv.68 |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys, globus cruciger in r. hand, akakia in l. Reverse: bust of Constantine, wearing cross crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in r. hand akakia in l., on plain bar with up-turned ends.
Inscriptions: Obverse: illegible. Reverse: dN CON[...] (Lord Constantine…). Mint-mark: SC or Sϵ
Bibliography: Cf. DOC III.1 AE54
Notes: Inscription split differently from DOC
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