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ID number: BIRBI-LR0495 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Salamis Hoard Maker: Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 420-422 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 274. Ex Salamis Hoard, 1948, James R. Stewart, 30th January, 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius II, wearing helmet and pearl diadem, cuirassed, holding spear in r. and shield decorated with horseman on left arm, facing front. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l., holding long cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVC (Our Lord Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX H (Prayers for Twenty Years of Rule, More for His Thirtieth Anniversary. H: Control Mark 5). Mintmark: CONOB
Bibliography: RIC X 219
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