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ID number: BIRBI-B1618 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Akkar Hoard Maker: Tiberius II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 579-582 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 793. Came with the Akkar Hoard coins, but believed by Whitting not to be of the hoard upon further examination. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Tiberius, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, r. hand holding globus cruciger, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Dm TIbCONS TANT PPAVI (Our lord Tiberius Constantine Emperor in Perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: H (8). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I pl. LX AV4c; MIB 2 pl. 11 AV4
Notes: Broken mounting.
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