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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4523
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Leo III; Constantine V; Constantinople
Denomination:  Forty nummi
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  717-741
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  7.61
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing cross crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in r. hand, akakia in l. Reverse: denomination mark, with bust of Constantine with cross crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l., above on ornate zigzag bar with double-pellet at either end, cross in field r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: [...] P A MЧL (… eternal emperor for many years). Reverse: ...τANτINЧS[..] / […] […]XX (… Constantine… 30). Off. A (?)

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 AE30
BN none

3 Related People

Leo III
Syrian
685
741-06-18
Constantine V
Byzantine
718
775-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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