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ID number: BIRBI-LR0457 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Honorius; Mediolanum Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Late Roman Date made: 394-395 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 874. A. H. Baldwin, 17th of March 1960. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Honorius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand stepping on captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HONORIVS P F AVG (our lord Honorius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VI4TORI A AVCCC (Victory of the three Augusti). Mint mark: COMO B (Mediolanum 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 35c
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