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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1591
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justin II; Ravenna
Denomination:  One Third Siliqua
Place made:  Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  567-578
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.25
Weight (g):  0.67
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2159. Spink, 1942.

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum. Reverse: Crismon; star in lower l. of field, and lower r. of field; enclosed in a wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB II 41

3 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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