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ID number: BIRBI-B4549 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine V; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0349. Bt A. H. Baldwin Oct 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Constantine V facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left. Reverse: bearded bust of Leo III facing wearing cross crown and chlamys, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left
Inscriptions: Obverse: CN CONSτANτINЧS (Lord Constantine). Reverse: C LEON P A MЧL (Cæsar Leo, for many years).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl VIII AV1d.1 BN II pl. LXVII AV/01
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