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Object Type
Museum number: R.358
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Cross within 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: Issuer: Odovacar, King of Italy (?); Issuer: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths
Cultures/periods
Production date: 477-491
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.430 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This type has a title inscription that is broken into P-ERP, as well as the reverse •COMOB•. The reverse records a more elongated bust, when compared to the emissions of Julius Nepos; also the wreath is tied at the bottom by a feature in the form of a wide and horizontally elongated letter X.
Bibliographic references: RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3662); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (6.1)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition notes: Aquisition details unrecorded.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.358

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