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Numismatics

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

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Honorius
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Mediolanum
Roman; Ostrogothic


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