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ID number: BIRBI-B4582 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine V; Rome Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2176. Bt Spink 1942 for £1. |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Constantine V facing, wearing chlamys and trefoil crown and holding cross potent in r. hand. Reverse: bearded bust of Leo III facing wearing chlamys and trefoil crown holding cross potent in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: [...]O CON TANTIN (Lord Constantine). Reverse: [...]LE P A MU (Lord Leo, eternal emperor indeed). Mint-mark: Δ.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl. XI El.31, BN II pl. LXVIII Ro/AV/12
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