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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4409
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:  Tremissis
Place made:  Sicily: Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  685-695
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.30
Weight (g):  1.39
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0855. A. H. Baldwin October 1959.
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Description:  Obverse: profile of Justinian II, bearded, wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: cross-potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ...CЧq… Reverse: VICTOR… AUYЧ K (Imperial Victory) Mink Mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  DOC II.2 pl.XXXVIII AV50b.1; MIB III Justinian II pl.38 Gold 27.1.

Notes:  Attributed to Syracuse based on similarity in iconography and presence of K control mark on obv. (see MIB III Justinian II pl.38 Gold 24).

3 Related People

Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


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