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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B0940 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 533-565 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 666 - bt Spink August 1957, from Gilso collection 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and shield depicting a cavalryman on l. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria facing holding chrismon staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. star in r. of field. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC (Our Lord Justinian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: IB (12). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: DOC I AV 278 (Carthage), MIB I 7 (Constantinople) Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justinian I Byzantine c.482 14th November 565 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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