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ID number:  BIRBI-B0663
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; de Sausmarez Shortt, Hugh
Maker:  Justinian I; Thessalonica
Denomination:  16 Nummi
Place made:  Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  527-562
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  7.23
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2316. Hugh de Sausmarez Shortt, May 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust r. of Justinian wearing diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: I in centre of field, A in l. of field, S and P in r. of field, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ...VSTINI…PR (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Mint mark: TES.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl. XXIII AE98b.2, MIB pl. 28 169b

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Thessalonica



Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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