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Object Type
Museum number: 1846,0910.184
Denomination: siliqua, 1/2
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Eagle with spread wings standing right on branch, with head left; cross above. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Odovacar's Kingdom of Italy (?) Europe: Odovacar's Kingdom of Italy; Associated with: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy (?) Europe: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy
Authority: Ruler: Odovacar, King of Italy (?); Ruler: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths (?)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 474-491
Production place: Minted in: Milan (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 15 millimetres; Weight: 1.277 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: In this coins the obverse legend is not broken, reading PERP with a ligatured AV . One peculiar characteristic is the equal armed cross with the prow or branch beneath the feet that is more stylised than that of 1906,1103.2. The image of eagle on this latter specimen is a much rougher version, particularly in the beak.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3623); Sabatier / Monnaies Byzantines Frappées sous les Empreurs d’Orient (13); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (22.2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; bird
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Marchese Giovanni Pietro Campana; Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1846
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1846,0910.184

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