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ID number: BIRBI-B0174 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1011. Glendining, 10th February 1961, Number 89. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Victory walking r. but facing l., holding in l. hand a globus cruciger and wreath in r. hand. Star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AV (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVH (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. 4; MIB I, 5.1
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