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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B0311 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Dr. Protonotarios Maker: Justinian I; Thessalonica Denomination: Solidus Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 545-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1724. A. H. Baldwin 30th September 1968, ex Dr. Protonotarios collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass with three pellets on breast and plumed helmet with pendilia, r. hand holding globus cruciger, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, holding long cross with chrismon at top in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Chirho in r. of field. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: MIB 1 N23, var. Notes: The tiny chirho in place of the star in the right of the field on the reverse appears to make this an unpublished minor variation. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Justinian I Byzantine c.482 14th November 565 | |
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