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ID number: BIRBI-B4377 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-c.690 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1527. A. H. Baldwin 28th April 1966, ex Dr. Protonotarios ‘almost certainly found in Greece’. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian bearded, facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in right hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D IЧSJ… NЧS PЄ AV (Lord Justinian, eternal Augustus). Reverse: …ICTORIA AVҀЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: I (10). Mint mark: …ONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 6
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