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ID number: BIRBI-LR0516 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 416-429 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1065. A. H. Baldwin, December 1961, possibly ex Gantz Collection, bought before 1945. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and cross on orb in l. hand, in r. field a star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOAIA AVCVSTORVH (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 213 or 249
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