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ID number: BIRBI-B4442 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberios III; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0329. Bought Cunningham Februrary 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberios facing, bearded, wearing military dress and crown with cross, holding spear across front of body in r. hand, and shield depicting man on horse in l. hand. Reverse: elongated globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …RIЧS PE AV (Tiberios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTO…A AVSЧ S (Imperial Victory).
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLI AV3.2; MIB III Tiberius III pl.43 Gold 7.
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