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ID number: BIRBI-B0373 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: Double Siliqua Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-538 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4078. A. H. Baldwin 22nd August 1963, (F.W.B.) |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian r., wearing paludamentum and plumed helmet. Reverse: Emperor standing facing, head turned r., in military dress with spear in r. hand and globus cruiger in l. hand. Star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: CCOΠIAMO MANORVM (Glory of the Romans). Mint mark: COB.
Bibliography: DOC I pl. XIII AR24, MIB 1 pl.17 49
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