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ID number: BIRBI-LR0459 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Honorius; Mediolanum Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Late Roman Date made: 395-402 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.14 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 141. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Honorius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, seated on cuirass, with crowning Victory in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HONOΠI VS P F AVO (our lord Honorius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS RO …NORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: MDPS (mint of Mediolanum).
Bibliography: RIC X 1228
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