Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4378
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):  2.00
Weight (g):  4.40
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1641. Spink 20th February 1968.
BIRBI-B4378.jpg

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 IЧSJNIA NЧS PЄ AV (Lord Justinian, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA …VҀЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Δ (4). Mint mark: CONOBΓ.

Bibliography:  MIB III, 7

3 Related People

Justinian II
Byzantine
c. 668
7 November 711
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Viewing Record 1 of 1