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ID number: BIRBI-LR0461 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Honorius; Ravenna Denomination: Semis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Late Roman Date made: 422 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.08 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1097. A. H. Baldwin, February 1962, from a wartime sale. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Honorius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory, seated on cuirass, and genus holding inscribed shield over column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HONORI VS P F AVP (our lord Honorius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / X / AVLT / XX (prayers for 10 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Peripheral: VICTORIΛ AVCVSTORVM (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: COMO B (Ravenna 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 1335
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