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ID number: BIRBI-LR0463 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Honorius; Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 397-402 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 884. A. H. Baldwin, 19th of April 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Honorius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with spear in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HONORI VS P F AVC (our lord Honorius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDI A AVCC Z (concord of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 7
Notes: Graffiti of W in obverse l. field, of X in obverse r. field, and of Z in reverse l. field.
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