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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1197 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Akkar Hoard Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight (20 Carat) Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 849. A.H. Baldwin, September 1959, from Hama II (Akkar hoard). |
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Description: Facing bust of Justin, beardless, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding in r. hand a globe surmounted by figure of Victoria, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantinople seated looking r. holding in r. hand a spear and in l. hand a globe. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN I VSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: OBXX. Control mark: I (Untranslatable control mark). Bibliography: DOC I. 10; MIB II 9a
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| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Akkar Hoard | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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