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ID number: BIRBI-B4443 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0564. Bought Spink July 1956. |

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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D …RI…S PO AV (Lord Tiberios eternal Augustus). Reverse: V…CTORIA AVSЧ S (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: …N…
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLI AV4.2; MIB III Tiberius III pl.43 Gold 8.
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