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ID number: BIRBI-B0298 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-537 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0242. A. H. Baldwin September 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Three-quarter bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet, r. hand holding spear behind head, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, holding long cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: Θ (9). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XIII AV3d, MIB 1 pl.13 5
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