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ID number: BIRBI-B4461 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberios III; Gisulf I; Beneventum Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Benevento Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.40 Weight (g): 1.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1804. Bought A. H. Baldwin 1st May 1972, per Hecht. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberios facing, wearing military dress, holding spear across front of body in r. hand, and shield depicting man on horse in l. hand. Reverse: cross potent with G to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D TIbEPIP(reversed)S PE AV (Tiberios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICT ΛSVЧ (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III Tiberius pl.45 Gold B2.
Notes: Gisulf I of Beneventum in the name of Tiberios III.
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