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Tremissis - Basiliscus VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 475-476 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Basiliscus facing right, adorned with a pearl diadem from which pendilia hang at the ear. The imperial effigy is rendered in the late antique style characteristic of Constantinopolitan gold coinage, with finely detailed drapery and beaded ornamentation about the neck and shoulders. The surrounding field carries the Latin legend D N BASILISCVS PP AVG disposed around the bust, reading from left to right. |
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| Reverse description | The winged figure of Victory stands facing left in three-quarter view at the centre of the field, rendered in the elongated late antique style. She holds a long jewelled cross-on-globe in her right hand and a wreath in her raised left hand, her wings spread behind her. A star appears in the right field. The circumferential legend VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM encircles the type, while the mint mark CONOB is inscribed in the exergue, denoting pure gold coinage struck at Constantinople. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM CONOB (Translation: Victory of the Augusts) |
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