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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.

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justinian II
Byzantine
c. 668
7 November 711
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