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ID number: BIRBI-B4458 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: 702-705 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5448. Bought Spink 3rd March 1967. |

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Description: Obverse: Tiberios standing, wearing military dress, holding globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: M denomination mark, with emperor's monogram above, star below, and cross to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible. Mint Mark: SC…
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XLII AE33.2; MIB III Tiberius pl.45 Küpfer 80.
Notes: This type is known to be later due to overstriking evidence (MIB III p.190). Hahn's dating is used here but it is not certain.
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