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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1084
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Rome
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  555-556
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.60
Weight (g):  2.90
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1342. Spink, February 1951.

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. Reverse: Encircling wreath.

Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINIA NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). ANNO XX VIIII (Year 29).

Bibliography: DOC I. 349; MIB I 229a

Notes: Attributed by Bellinger and Whitting to Ravenna.

3 Related People
	Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian
	Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988
	Justinian I Byzantine c.482 14th November 565

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