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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0518
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Theodosius II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  430-440
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.50
Weight (g):  1.45
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 273. B. A. Seaby, 1948.
BIRBI-LR0518.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and cross on orb in l. hand, in r. field a star.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Δ AVCVSTORVM (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).

Bibliography:  RIC X 278

Notes:  Brockage of reverse inscription.

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Theodosius II
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