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ID number: BIRBI-B4526 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: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2810 |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: denomination mark with Constantine, wearing chlamys and cross crown and holding globus cruciger in r. hand, seated on a plain bar with a large pellet at either end above
Inscriptions: Obverse: dNO LEON P A MЧ[...](Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years). Reverse invisible. Off. A
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE31a BN none
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