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Object Type: coin
Museum number: B.2946
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: Germanic
Production date: 477-491
Production place: Minted in: Ravenna (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Weight: 0.970 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The obverse of this type shows the title PERF and the legend that ends in AV, with the use of the unbarred letter Λ.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3644); 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. (1646); Sabatier / Monnaies Byzantines Frappées sous les Empreurs d’Orient (12); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (35.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Zeno
Acquisition name: Donated by: Count John Francis William de Salis
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: B.2946

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