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ID number: BIRBI-B4513 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 1.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1495; bt. K. Kress 6th September 1965 no. 1190 |

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Description: Obverse: bust facing in chlamys, cross crown and short beard, globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross potent alone
Inscriptions: Obverse: dNO LEON P A M[...] (Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years). Reverse: VICT[...] ASЧS (Victory of the Emperor). Mint-mark: CONOB
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV14 BN II pl.LXVI AV/01
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