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ID number: BIRBI-B4444 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Tiberios III; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2161. Bought Spink 1942. |

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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: TIBERI… (Tiberios). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ S (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CON…
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLI AV4.2; MIB III Tiberius III pl.43 Gold 8.
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