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ID number:  BIRBI-B0904
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Antioch
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  555-556
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.91
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0757.
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Description:  Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: Cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: […] PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). ANN[…] XXGIII (Year 29). Mint mark: […]P.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 260; MIB I, 157a

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Antioch



Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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