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ID number: BIRBI-B4429 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leontios; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 695-698 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 2.08 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0749. Ex Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Leontios facing, bearded, wearing loros and crossed crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: elongated globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D LEON PE AV (Lord Leontios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ S (Imperial Victory).
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XL AV3.4; MIB III Leontius II pl.41 Gold 4.
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