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Object Type
Museum number: B.2930
Denomination: siliqua, 1/2
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Draped, cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Turreted figure standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae, right foot on prow. (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: Milan (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 15 millimetres; Weight: 0.950 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Two coins belong to this variant that has an undivided legend on the obverse, however with ligatured AV and the reverse shows the mintmark of Milan, the letters M D, placed at either sides of the turreted figure.
Bibliographic references: Sabatier / Monnaies Byzantines Frappées sous les Empreurs d’Orient (11); 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. (1649); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3618); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (20.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.2930

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