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Object Type
Museum number: 1860,0329.247
Denomination: solidus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Zeno facing, with spear and shield. (obverse); Victory standing left, holding long cross. (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: Issuer: Odovacar, King of Italy (?); Issuer: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths (?)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 477-491
Production place: Minted in: Ravenna (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 22 millimetres; Weight: 4.450 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: RIC does not record the star in the correct position (although it is in the plate illustration).; This type bears the features that correspond to the later emissions, with the obverse legend PERP F, as well as the final letter И with a line above and CONOB in the exergue.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3631); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (26.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1860,0329.247

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