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ID number: BIRBI-B0354 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: Lightweight solidus (22 siliquae) Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 545-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1744. Kress May 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass without pellets on breast and plumed helmet with pendilia, r. hand holding globus cruciger, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, holding long plain cross in r. hand and globus without cross in l. hand. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: ΘS. Mint mark: OB*+*.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV16, MIB 1 pl.14 10a
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