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ID number: BIRBI-B4452 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberios III; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-705 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.00 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 1192. Bought Herzfelder June 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Tiberios facing, bearded, wearing military dress with τb inscribes on r. arm 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: b TibC-RI TЧ (Tiberios Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIλ λЧЧЧ U (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AV21.f.1 (same die); MIB III Tiberius pl.43 Gold 23.
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