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ID number: BIRBI-B1578 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Carthage Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-572 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.06 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 3853. A.H. Baldwin, 2nd June 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with diadem with pendilia, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Cruciform monogram of Justin.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … V … PP AV (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 82
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