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ID number: BIRBI-B4550 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constantine V; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: No provenance. |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Constantine V facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left. Reverse: bearded bust of Leo III facing wearing cross crown and chlamys, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left.
Inscriptions: Obverse: bN CONSτANτINЧ (Lord Constantine). Reverse: C LEON P AMЧL (Cæsar Leo, for many years).
Bibliography: Cf. DOC III.1 pl. VIII AV1 and BN II pl. LXVII AV/01-2 (different inscription)
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