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ID number: BIRBI-B4421 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Rome Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-695 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1803. Bought A. H. Baldwin 1st April 1972. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЧITI...ΠIS C AV (Justinian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICIOI AЧЧ θ (Imperial Victory) Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.39 Gold 33.
Notes: Hahn notes as Rome, nothing comparable in DOC. Coin appears to be plugged with silvery material.
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