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ID number: BIRBI-B4580 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine V; Rome?; Naples? Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Rome; Naples Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0343. |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Constantine V facing, wearing chlamys and trefoil crown and holding cross potent in r. hand and akakia in l. hand. Reverse: bearded bust of Leo III facing, wearing chlamys and trefoil crown and holding cross potent in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D NO CON[...] (Lord Constantine). Reverse: D NOLE P A MU (Lord Leo, for many years). Mint-mark: I / α
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl. XI El.33 or pl. X Æ22, BN II pl. LXVIII Ro/AV/08. Kent 67.
Notes: No or hardly any trace of gold, but the type is a Roman solidus design according to DOC and BN; note however that a similar die occurs in the bronze of Naples in DOC.
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