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ID number: BIRBI-B1738 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Tiberius II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578-582 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1579. 5th October 1966, from the Carthage 1945 Hoard, number 37. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberius facing wearing cuirass and diadem with cross and pendilia holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross potent on 4 steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …Ib CONS TANT PPAVANH (Our Lord Tiberius Constantine eternal Augustus many years). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: IЄ (15). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 14
Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project.
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