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ID number: BIRBI-LR0520 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: Siliqua Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 408-420 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 1.66 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3080. British Museum duplicate, June 1956. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N TH6ODO …C AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / XV / MVLT / XX (prayers for 15 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Mint mark: CONS [star] (mint of Constantinopolis).
Bibliography: RIC X 374
Notes: Plugged.
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