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ID number: BIRBI-B4505 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Leo III; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 273; bt Glendining 1922. |

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Description: Obverse: bust facing in chlamys, cross crown and short beard, akakia in l. hand, globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dNO LEON P A MЧL’ (Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧE (Victory of the Emperor). Mint-mark: CONOB, off. E
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV1c.3 BN none
Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of the 'All That Glitters...' project.
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