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ID number: BIRBI-B4439 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberios III; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0327. Bought Seaby 1948. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberios facing, bearded, wearing military dress and crown with cross, holding spear across front of body in r. hand, and shield depicting man on horse in l. hand. Reverse: cross potent on steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D TIbERIЧS PE AV (Lord Tiberios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ A (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 AV1a; MIB III Tiberius III pl.43 Gold 1.
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