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ID number: BIRBI-B1014 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 539-542 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 3.88 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0053. A.H. Baldwin, 1949. |
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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 in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVSTI[…] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 301; MIB I 202.
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