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Solidus

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Solidus

Date:: 610–641
Geography:: Made in Constantinople
Culture:: Byzantine
Medium:: Gold
Dimensions:: Overall: 7/8 x 1/16 in. (2.2 x 0.1 cm)
Classification:: Coins
Credit Line:: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
Accession Number:: 04.2.820

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Provenance

Elbert E. Farman, Warsaw, New York; Darius Ogden Mills, New York (1904)
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