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ID number: BIRBI-LR0537 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Eudocia; Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 423-424 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 272. Seaby, December 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Eudocia, wearing rosette diadem and necklace, draped, hand holding wreath above and facing r., Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l., holding long cross; * in field, to top l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: AEL EVDO-CIA AVC (Aelia Eudocia Augusta). Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX Γ (Prayers for Twenty Years of Rule, More for His Thirtieth Anniversary. Γ: Control mark 3). In Exergue: CONOB
Bibliography: RIC X 229 (Theodosius, East)
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