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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-VV0003
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  The Visigothic Kingdom; Honorius
Denomination:  Solidus
Culture:  Visigothic
Date made:  418-423
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Whitting 883. A. H. Baldwin 19th April 1960.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Honorius, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, cuirassed, standing r., holding standard in r. hand and Victory on globe in l. hand; spurning a seated bound captive with l. foot; R in field l. and V in field r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N HONORI VS P F AVC (Our lord Honorius, pius, fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: COMOB.

Bibliography:  RIC X 3704

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Whitting, Philip David
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The Visigothic Kingdom
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