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ID number: BIRBI-B0942 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 534-545 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 573. Zurich (Leu) September 1956. |
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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 long cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVS…NI ANVS PP AVI (Our Lord Justinian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: IA (11). Mint mark: …ONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I AV277a, MIB I 25
Notes: Plugged. Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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