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ID number: BIRBI-LR0478 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodosius II; Honorius; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Late Roman Date made: 408-423 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1104. A. H. Baldwin, April 1962, from a wartime sale. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, 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 THEODO SIVS P F ΔVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A ΠVGGG (Victory of the three Augusti). Mint mark: COMOB (mint of Ravenna).
Bibliography: RIC X 1329
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