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ID number: BIRBI-B4400 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-695 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.30 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0615. Bought Glendining 8th March 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross-potent on steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IUSTINIANDS ΓcN (Justinian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VNTON AUG P E (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.38 Gold 18a.
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