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ID number: BIRBI-B4388 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-c.690 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 454. A. H. Baldwin 27th March 1954. |

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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D IЧSTINI…ЧS PЄ (Lord Justinian, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVҀЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: C…NOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 15
Notes: Brockage of an obverse on the reverse, double-struck on obverse.
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