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ID number: BIRBI-B4540 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0336; bt. Baldwin's Jan 1951 |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross potent on three squashed steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d LEON P[...](Lord Leo, eternal…). Reverse: VICTOR...Ч* (Victory of the Emperor). Mint-mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV42 BN none
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