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ID number: BIRBI-VV0016 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Athalaric; Rome Denomination: Solidus Place made: Rome Culture: Ostrogothic Date made: 527-530 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0244. Ex Rev. Fane Dixon collection, acquired February 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Frontal bust of Justinian I with head turned 3/4 r., helmeted, cuirassed, holding spear with barbed top and shield. Reverse: Victoria with long cross standing l., six rayed star l..
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PΓ AVC (Our lord Justinian eternal emperor). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCCC (Imperial victory). Control Mark: A (1). In exergue: COMOB.
Bibliography: Metlich 34, pl. IV.
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