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ID number: BIRBI-B4422 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-695 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.40 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1081. Vinchen December 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent, with θ in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dN IVIV INΛNO PC (Our Lord Justinian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A IVSTO (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.39 Gold N.36.
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. Hahn notes as Ravenna, nothing comparable in DOC.
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