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ID number: BIRBI-B4506 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1455, bt. 21st May 1965 |
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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: VICTO[...][...]A AVSЧZ (Victory of the Emperor). Mint-mark: CONOB, off. Z or I
Bibliography: Cf. DOC III.1 AV1
Notes: I/Z officina mark unique to Barber
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