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ID number: BIRBI-B1008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 552-565 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.32 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 1006. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVS[…]P AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. 316; MIB I 201.
Notes: Attributed by Whitting to Constantinople mint.
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