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ID number: BIRBI-B4536 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: Ten nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.04 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2392 |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: denomination mark with bust of Constantine, wearing cross crown, atop a plain bar with up-turned ends above, cross in field r., tau-cross in field lower l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: [...] A MЧ[...] (Emperor indeed). Reverse: DN [...]τIANτINUS (Lord Constantine).
Bibliography: Cf. DOC III.1 AE35
Notes: Stylised cross/tau is unique to Barber
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