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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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