Title: Gold Solidus (‘Mutilated Cross’ Type)
Date: no date; (circa 680–90)
Location: without mint name; but possibly struck in Damascus
Dimensions: 4.37g; 20mm
Accession Number: AV 1078
Other Notes:
Obverse field: busts of emperor, bearded, and son with short beard, both wearing crowns with ‘mutilated’ crosses (crossbars on crosses removed); margin: Greek inscription.
Reverse field: T-shaped ‘mutilated’ cross on four steps, I to left, A to right; margin: clockwise from bottom left, VICTORIA AVGGS, and below, CONOB.
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