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ID number:  BIRBI-B0300
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  527-537
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0025. Glendining 13th February 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: Three-quarter bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet, r. hand holding spear behind head, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, holding long cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Star in r. of field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: I (10). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl.XIII AV3d, MIB 1 pl.13 5

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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