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ID number: BIRBI-LR0512 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Salamis Hoard Maker: Theodosius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 441-450 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.13 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 278. 30th of January 1968, ex James R. Stewart Collection, acquired by Stewart from Kolocasides in the 29th of December 1948, ex Salamis Hoard. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with cross on orb in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand, a shield besides throne.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODOSI VS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P (Imperator for the forty-second time, Consul for the seventeenth time, father of the fatherland). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 324
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