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🪙 Roman Empire Solidus — Theodosius I, 378–383 AD

Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust of Theodosius I facing right, wearing a diadem. Legend: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.

Reverse: Constantinopolis seated facing on a throne, head right wearing a mural crown, holding a globe in her left hand and a sceptre in her right, right foot resting on a ship's prow. Legend: CONCOR-DIA AVGGG // CONOB.

📏 21 mm · ⚖️ 4,38 g · 🥇 Gold

📖 RIC IX 43b

🏛️ Department for Ancient History, University of Freiburg (Inv. 10051)

🔗 https://ikmk.uni-freiburg.de/object?id=ID12829

Shot using a Sony A 7R V, 100 mm, at f/8.0, ISO 100, 1/250 s.

25 photos were focus-stacked for each picture.

Disclosure of generative AI use: removal of single fibres from the rim of the coin.

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✧ Theodosius III ✧

Theodosius III was the Byzantine emperor from around May 715 to 717. Before rising to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, he was a tax collector in Adramyttium. In 715, the Byzantine navy and the troops of the Opsician Theme, one of the Byzantine provinces, revolted against Anastasius II, acclaiming the reluctant...

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