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Object Type
Museum number: 1904,0511.2
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: 20 millimetres; Weight: 4.450 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This coin is included in the type that was part of the early emissions of Zeno and perhaps Odovacar, that bears on the obverse the undivided title PERP and on the reverse, : is placed at the end of the legend and COMOB in exergue.
Bibliographic references: BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (1, p.43); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3625); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (23.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Zeno; Named in inscription & portrayed: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1904
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1904,0511.2
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (43) (1)

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