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ID number: BIRBI-B0362 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0233. Glendining 7th September 1950. Lot number 4. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justining r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: Victory advancing, head turned l., holding in r. hand wreath, in l. hand globus cruciger. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: AN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVM (Victory of the Emperors). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV19, MIB 1 pl.14 19
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