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ID number: BIRBI-B4510 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Constantine V; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0388; bt. Seaby February 1952 |

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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: bust facing in chlamys, cross crown and beardless, akakia in l. hand, globus cruciger in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: bNO LEON P A MЧL (Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years) S. Reverse: bN CONS τANτINЧS (Lord Constantine). Off. Θ (?)
Bibliography: DOC III.1 7f.1 BN II pl.LXVI AV/05
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