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Object Type
Museum number: B.11211
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: 21 millimetres; Weight: 4.390 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Maintaining the undivided title PERP on the obverse, the type has a colon at the end of the reverse legend and the mintmark RV in the field, with the two letters placed at either sides of the Victory; the letter V seems to take the place of the star that is normally placed on the right side of the deity. On the exergue, it is possible to read COMOB.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3626); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (1645); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (24)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition notes: Aquisition details unrecorded.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.11211

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