| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |
|
Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1537 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0228. A.H. Baldwin, May 1950. |
|
|
Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justin, beardless, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding in r. hand a globe surmounted by figure of Victoria, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantinople seated looking r. holding in r. hand a spear and in l. hand a globus cruciger, cross to l. of field. Inscriptions: Obverse: ON IVSTI NVS PPAVI (Our lord Justin Emperor in Perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCI (Imperial Victory). Control mark: I (10). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: DOC I pl. XLIX AV4g; MIB 2 pl. 1 AV1
|
|
3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |