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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4407 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-695 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1260. Bought Herzfelder July 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross-potent on steps, H in bottom r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IUSTINIANI P (Justinian Perpetuity) Reverse: VICTOnIA AUGU θ (Imperial Victory) Mint Mark: CONOB. Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.46 Gold 14 (same coin); DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AV 44a Notes: Unclear if from first or second reign. First reign according to DOC and second reign according to MIB. DOC reasons seems more sound. |
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| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justinian II Byzantine c. 668 7 November 711 | |
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