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ID number: BIRBI-LR591 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Leo I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 457-474 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1567. 5th October 1966, from the Carthage 1945 Hoard, number 15. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo looking slightly r., wearing cuirass and plumed helmet holding spear behind head in r. hand and shield with a horseman in l. Reverse: Vicotry standing l. holing cross in front, star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN LEO PE RPET AV (Our Lord Leo eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A A<CC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: RIC X 605
Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project.
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