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Object Type
Museum number: 1970,0512.1
Denomination: siliqua, 1/2
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Draped, cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Victory standing to left on globe, holding wreath and palm branch. (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: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 0.690 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This coin has a very irregular obverse legend with the use of И instead of N and also Є; also the letter Z is reversed. On the reverse the Victory walking left is facing and has a rather crude style.
Bibliographic references: Sabatier / Monnaies Byzantines Frappées sous les Empreurs d’Orient (15); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3649); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (37.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1970
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1970,0512.1

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