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ID number:  BIRBI-B0559
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Pentanummium
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  538-542
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.97
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2211. B. A. Seaby, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust r. of Justinian wearing plumed helmet with diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: Є.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Off: A (1). Mint mark: None.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl. XXII AE96a.3, MIB 1 pl. 21 103a

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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