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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B0355 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 (20 siliquae) Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 542-562 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1172. L.S. Forrer July 1950. |
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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 ANVS PPAV... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI ...VCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: I (10). Mint mark: OBXX. Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV10, MIB 1 pl.14 15
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3 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justinian I Byzantine c.482 14th November 565 | |
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