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ID number: BIRBI-B0360 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 800. A.H. Baldwin 21st March 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justining r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: Victoria seated on shield facing r., wearing mantle over lower limbs, supporting second shield on knees. Reversed chrismon in r. of field, star in l. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...INI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICIOA AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOP.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV17, MIB 1 pl.14 18
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