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ID number: BIRBI-B4391 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: Hexagram Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.690-695 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 6.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5896. A. H. Baldwin June 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, cross behind head, holding gospel in left hand and raising right in benediction. Reverse: Justinian bearded standing, facing, wearing loros, holding akakia in left hand and stem of cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IhS CRI…ANJIUM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: D IЧSTINI AN ЧS SЄRЧ… (Lord Justinian, servant of Christ). Mint mark: none.
Bibliography: MIB III, 40
Notes: Clipped.
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