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Object Type
Museum number: R1874,0715.144
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: 5 o'clock; Diameter: 22 millimetres; Weight: 4.440 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: In this type, the obverse inscription reads PERP F and the exergue mark has the monogram of the mint of Ravenna, RV, added at the end, reading CONOB RV.
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 (2, p.43); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3634); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (28.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R1874,0715.144
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (43) (2)

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