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ID number: BIRBI-B4466 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Tiberios; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 706-711 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0332. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Emanuel facing, cross behind head, holding gospel in l. hand and raising r. in benediction. Reverse: Busts of Justinian, bearded, and Tiberios, beardless, facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding the elongated globus cruciger between them.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dN ΓhS ChS RЄX …NANTIЧM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: …ИIA… ЄT TIbЄRIЧS PP- (Our lords Justinian and Tiberios, eternal Augusti).
Bibliography: MIB III, 4a.
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