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ID number: BIRBI-VV0013 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodoric; Mediolanum Denomination: Quarter siliqua. Place made: Lombardy: Milan Culture: Ostrogothic Date made: 491-501 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 0.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4612. Christie 10th December 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Profile bust of Anastasius I to r., with Ostrogthic garment and diadem. Reverse: monogram, cross above, star below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ANASTA SIVS AVC (Our lord emperor Anastasius). Reverse: INVICTA ROMA (Unconquered Rome).
Bibliography: Metlich 47-48, pl. VI.
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