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ID number: BIRBI-B4410 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: 705-711 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.30 Weight (g): 1.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0324. Bought A. H. Baldwin January 1952. |

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Description: Obverse: profile of Justinian II, bearded, wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: cross-potent, with H in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d IISTI… (Lord Justinian). Reverse: VICTORI… …AUYЧ θA (Imperial Victory) Mink Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.46 Gold 22b; DOC II.2 pl.XXXVIII AV50b.1.
Notes: Attributed to Syracuse based on similarity in iconography and presence of θ control mark on obv. (see MIB III Justinian II pl.46 Gold 22). It is unclear if A at bottom r. of obv. Is part of the inscription (θA) or mint mark (CONOBA).
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