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ID number: BIRBI-B0316 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 545-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 123. Glendining 1922. |
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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. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XIII AV9b, MIB 1 pl.13 7
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