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ID number: BIRBI-B4561 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine V; Syracuse Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 741-751 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 793. Bt 1924 for 6d; ex Edward Shepherd Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: three-quarter figure of Constantine standing facing dividing legend, wearing cross crown and chlamys holding akakia in right hand, dividing date. Reverse: three-quarter figure of Leo standing facing dividing legend, wearing chlamys holding akakia in right hand
Inscriptions: Obverse: K ω N / Δ E C (Despot Constantine). Reverse: Λ E O N / Δ E C Π (Despot Leo).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl. X Æ18.2 BN II pl. LXVII sy/Æ/03
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