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ID number: BIRBI-B4468 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 705-706 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0331. Spink October 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Emanuel facing, cross behind head, holding gospel in l. hand and raising r. in benediction. Reverse: Bust of Justinian bearded, facing, wearing loros and crown, holding cross potent in r. hand and patriarchal globus cruciger inscribed with PAX in l..
Inscriptions: Obverse: dN IhS ChS RЄ X RЄCNANTIЧ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: Inscription too worn to be legible.
Bibliography: MIB III, 5.
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