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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1546 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Italian Hoard Maker: Justin II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 969. bt A. H. Baldwin December 1960, from the Italian hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding Victoria on a globe, who crowns Justin, in r. hand and shield depicting a cavalryman on l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantinopolis helmeted, seated holding staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AV (Our Lord Justin eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: H (8). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: MIB II 18b.1 Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. |
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| Carthage Roman;Byzantine | |
| Italian Hoard | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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