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ID number: BIRBI-B4454 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: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 698-702 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1915. Bought Glendining, Hall Sale 1950. |

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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. Reverse: M denomination, with emperor's monogram above and palm branch to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AE32.2; MIB III Tiberius pl.45 Küpfer 79.2.
Notes: This type is known to be earlier due to overstriking evidence (MIB III p.190). Hahn's dating is used here but it is not certain.
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