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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4434 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leontios; Syracuse Denomination: 20 nummi Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 696-697 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1924. Bought 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Leontios facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown, with cross in r of field. Reverse: K denomination mark. Inscriptions: Obverse: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Bibliography: Unique type - monogram type usually appears with standing figure of emperor, bust type usually appears with different monogram, and neither DOC nor MIB record 20 nummi for Syracuse. Notes: Overstruck obv. to rev. Undertype unclear. ...O (Year) and Off. A of rev. undertype visible in bottom l. And r. of obv. Crown of obv. undertype visible bottom of rev. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Leontios Byzantine 706 | |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
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