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ID number:  BIRBI-B1595
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justin II; Sicily
Denomination:  Pentanummium
Place made:  Sicily
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  567-572
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.20
Weight (g):  1.47
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0034.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum. Reverse: V with star above; enclosed in a wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB II 84

3 Related People

Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
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