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solidus
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Solidus of Theodosius II, minted in Constantinople c. 435. This design of the emperor with the spear over his shoulder was the conventional portrait for over a century in the Eastern Roman Empire, from AD 395 to 537 Solidus of Constantine the Great, minted in AD 324 or 325
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