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Object Type
Museum number: B.11454
Denomination: nummus, 40
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Laureate head of Zeno, right. (obverse); Victory advancing, right, holding trophy and 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: Ruler: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths (?); Ruler: Odovacar, King of Italy (?)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 489-491
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 19.83 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This coin does not feature in the De Salis registers but is documented as forming part of his collection.; This type shows on the obverse the legend with the word FILICISSIMO, also written outwardly anti-clockwise; and the mintmark •IIII• below the head. On the reverse the inscription changes to IMVICTA ROMA with S C on either sides of the Victory that does not stand any longer on the prow; on the exergue the legend •XL•.
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 (4, p.101); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3666) (var. (obverse legend)); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (9.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Zeno; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Acquisition notes: Not previously registered.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.11454
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (101) (4)

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