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ID number: BIRBI-B4541 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; Rome Denomination: Solidus Place made: Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-741 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1626; bt. Baldwin's 3.xi.68 |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, perhaps holding blundered globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l. hand, perhaps cross in field l. Reverse: beardless bust of Constantine facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, perhaps holding blundered globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l. hand, * either side of head, perhaps cross in field at l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN OLE P A MЧL (Lord Leo, eternal emperor for many years). Reverse: DNO CONTANTIN (Lord Constantine).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV91 var.
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