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ID number: BIRBI-B0372 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): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1110. A. H. Baldwin 28th April 1962, 'Probably from a pre-war or wartime lot'. |

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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: DN IVSTIIII ΛNVS PPΛVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSIORVM (Victory of the Emperors). Mint mark: CONOI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XIII AV19, MIB 1 pl.14 19
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