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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1194 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Akkar Hoard Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Light-weight Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 815. Akkar hoard, 30th May 1959. |
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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: DN I VST … NVS PPAVI (Our lord Justin Emperor in Perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCO (Imperial Victory). Control mark: ΘI. Mint mark: OB*+*. Bibliography: MIB 2 pl. 1 AV8.1 Notes: Struck over coin of same time, obverse on reverse. |
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| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Akkar Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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