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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4272 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Mezezios; Sicily Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily Culture: Byzantine Date made: 668-669 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1746. bt A. H. Baldwin 27th May 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Mezezios bearded facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and cross crown with plume, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and shield depicting a cavalryman on l. shoulder. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Inscriptions: Obverse: …PPAЧҀ… (Our Lord Mezezios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: Є (5). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: MIB III 9 (Constantine IV) Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Sicily Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian | |
| Mezezios Armenian 669 | |
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