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ID number: BIRBI-B1566 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin II; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-572 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 3.66 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3153. Spink, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and helmet with pendilia, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N … P … ([Inferred] Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: I V/S T…/N (Justin; the I is also used to denote the denomination - ten).
Bibliography: MIB II 79a
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