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Obverse: Virgin orans within city walls (Constantinople?) with six groups of towers

Reverse: Kneeling emperor being presented to Christ by a nimbed St. Michael. Christ is enthroned and holding the Gospels in his left hand.

Museum Description: "The mother, a fashionably coiffed matron, is shown with her son. He wears a large gold pectoral, or neck ring. Medallions like this one, meant to be worn as jewelry, are closely associated with Alexandria.”

Gold coin. (whole)
Emperor staging right, holding long cross and Victory on globe and trampling Barbarian. (reverse)
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Avitus, right. (obverse)

Obverse: DN AVITVS PER P F AVG
Reverse: VICTORIA…

Gold coin. (whole)
Victory standing left, holding long cross. (reverse)
Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Anastasius, facing and holding spear and shield. (obverse)

Obverse inscription: DN ΛNΛSTΛSIVS PF ΛVC
Reverse inscription: VICTORIΛ…

Gold coin. (whole)
Figure of St John the Baptist dividing legend. (obverse)
Florentine fleur-de-lis dividing legend. (reverse)

Obverse inscription: S IOHANNES B
Reverse inscription: DVX ACITANIE

Gold dinar struck in the name of Saladin, mint of Al-Iskandariya, AH 581 = AD 1185. Obverse: al-Imam/Ahmad in two lines across field; citing the Abbasid caliph "Abu l-Ábbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the faithful" in inner margin; mint and…

Coin of Justinian; gold; pierced with two holes; obverse, head of Justinian to right and inscription; reverse, Victory holding a wreath and globus crucifer, and inscription.

Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo l.; to r., S. Rev.: Biga r., driven by auriga; below, triskeles.