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1 Solidus In the name of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, Cross with flat ends, sinking busts
| Issuer | Avar Khaganate |
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| Year | 629-796 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Two facing busts in Byzantine imperial style: a crowned and bearded bust to the left alongside a crowned and mustachioed bust to the right, with a cross potent positioned between them. The effigies are rendered in a crude, barbaric imitation of Byzantine prototype coinage. A degenerate pseudo-legend encircles the busts in the outer field, composed of nonsensical Latin-derived letterforms that are largely illegible and attest to the non-literate copying tradition of Avar goldsmiths. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTI · ANOC - VIA |
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| Reverse lettering | VIVGAC - AOACIV NOC (Translation: [Victoria Augustus / Constantinople] [Victory of the August / Constantinople]) |
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