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ID number: BIRBI-B0651 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Nikomedia Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-538 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.20 Weight (g): 1.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4012. Spink, February 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust r. of Justinian wearing plumed helmet with diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: Chi rho, N to l. of field, E to r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIN ANVSPPA (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXV AE114, MIB 1 pl. 21 111
Notes: Originally attributed by Whitting to Justin I
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