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ID number: BIRBI-B4453 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): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.04 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1219. Bought Spink May 1963. |
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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 (notably visible), and shield depicting man on horse in l. hand. Reverse: cross potent on steps, with H to l. and Λ to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: U ΔIBσ AI λ SЧ (Tiberios Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIλ ЧЧЧ (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AV26; MIB III Tiberius pl.43 Gold 32.
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