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ID number: BIRBI-B1034 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Rome Denomination: Solidus Place made: Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 542-546 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 458. A.H. Baldwin, 13th April 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing facing, supporting long chrismon in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand, six-pointed star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOK. Control mark: Z (7).
Bibliography: DOC I. 320f; MIB I 34
Notes: Pierced at top of obverse/bottom of reverse.
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