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ID number: BIRBI-B0280 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0246. Hall sale November 1950, lot 2212; Evans sale July 1922, lot 297. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin and Justinian nimbate seated facing, wearing chlamys holding globi in l. hands, trefoil ornaments on heads, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, holding long cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIN ET IVISTINIAN PPAVO (Our lords Justin and Justinian Emperors in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I pl.XII AV5b, MIB I pl.11 1d
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