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ID number: BIRBI-LR0623 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Leo I; Verina; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 457-474 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2282. Exchanged with P. D. Whitting for a Herakleios Isaura mint follis, 1964. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Verina, pearl-diademed, draped, right, wearing necklace and earrings. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, seated right, supporting a shield inscribed with a retrograd chirho, on a low column, to which she points.
Inscriptions: Obverse: AEL VER INA AVC (Aelia Verina Augusta). Reverse: …ALVS RI PVBLICA… (salvation of the republic).
Bibliography: RIC X 656
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