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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
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