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ID number: BIRBI-B4467 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: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 706-711 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1369. Leu 16th April 1964. |

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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 cross potent between them.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dN IhS Ch… (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: …IЧSTINIANЧS ЄT TIbЄR… (Our lords Justinian and Tiberios, eternal Augusti).
Bibliography: MIB III, 6b.
Notes: Justinian appears to have had his nose chipped off!
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