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ID number: BIRBI-B4456 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Tiberios III; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-702 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberios facing, wearing military dress and crown with cross, holding spear cross body in r. hand. Reverse: M denomination, with emperor's monogram above and palm branches to l. and r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible. Mint Mark: SCL.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AE32.2; MIB III Tiberius pl.45 Küpfer 79.2.
Notes: This type is known to be earlier due to overstriking evidence (MIB III p.190). Hahn's dating is used here but it is not certain.
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