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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,0408.12
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Cross within wreath. (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: Milan (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.46 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: In this case, the legend on the obverse maintains an unbroken PERP as well as a ligatured AV and, on the reverse, the mintmark is CONOB. The wreaths end in a globe and they are not well styled. The lower bar of the wreath in this specimen is tied by three letters X placed one next to the other.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3614) (fn - var. (exergue CONOB)); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (17.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; cross; symbol
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1864,0408.12

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