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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1586 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-570 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0231. Spink, December 1949; "exchanged for previous specimen". |
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Description: Obverse: Justin facing, wearing cuirass, plumed helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, holding in r.hand a globe surmounted with Victoria - Nike, facing Justin and crowning him with a wreath, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Constantinopolis seated facing l., helmeted, holding spear in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N I VSTI NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Z. Bibliography: MIB II pl.3 20a (exact coin)
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| Ravenna Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
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