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Object Type
Museum number: 1906,1103.315
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed and draped profile bust, right. (obverse); Cross. (reverse)
State
Cultures/periods
Production date: 7thC
Production place: Minted in: Beneventum
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 5 o'clock; Weight: 1.06 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: MEC1 / Medieval European coinage volume 1: The early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) (317, p. 456); BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (8, p.135); Arslan 2004 / Le monete delle necropoli di Campochiaro e la monetazione anonima beneventana nel VII secolo.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; cross
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1906
Acquisition notes: on tag: "bought Sambon, sale Ap.(il?) 1889, lot 1555".
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1906,1103.315
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (135) (8)

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