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ID number: BIRBI-B4451 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Tiberios III; Sardinia Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sardinia Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 4.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: 0155B. Bought A.H. Baldwin 1975. |

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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: cross potent on steps, with + to l. and S to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …PE AV (eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR… …SY (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AV15; MIB III Tiberius pl.43 Gold 13.
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