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ID number: BIRBI-LR0642 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Salamis Hoard Maker: Zeno; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 476-491 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1651. A. H. Baldwin 30th January 1968, ex J. R. Stewart collection (32), from the Salamis 1948 Hoard. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Zeno, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting long jeweled cross; star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ZENO PERP AVC (Our lord Zeno, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: RIC X 910
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