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ID number: BIRBI-B1589 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0226. A. H. Baldwin January 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin r. wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: Victoria facing holding wreath in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVC (Our Lord Justin eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVM (Victory of the Augusti).
Bibliography: MIB II 26, DOC I AV212
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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