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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

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


Constantine V
Byzantine
718
775-09-14
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