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ID number: BIRBI-B0361 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: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1118. A. H. Baldwin May 1962, from 1957 sale. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justining r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: Victoria seated on shield facing r., wearing mantle over lower limbs, supporting second shield on knees. Reversed chrismon in r. of field, star in l. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...N IVSTINI ANVI PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV17, MIB 1 pl.14 18
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