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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1129 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Akkar Hoard Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 848. A. H. Baldwin Spetember 1959, from Hama II (i.e. the Akkar hoard). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding Victoria on a globe, who crowns Justin, in r. hand and shield depicting a cavalryman on l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantinopolis helmeted, seated holding staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN I VSTI NVS PP AVI (Our Lord Justin eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: DOC I AV4, MIB II 4 Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Akkar Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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