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ID number: BIRBI-B0164 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0197. B. A. Seaby, July 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting long cross topped with chrismon in r. hand; star in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Θ(9).
Bibliography: DOC I. 1g; MIB I, 2
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