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ID number: BIRBI-B1739 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberius II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578-582 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1038 - Herzfelder May 1961, from N. Africa. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Tiberius facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and a jewelled cross crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dm Tib CONS TANT PP AV ANN (Our Lord Tiberius Constantine eternal Augustus many years). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: IЄ (15). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 14
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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