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ID number:  BIRBI-B0926
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Alexandria
Denomination:  Dodecanummium
Place made:  Lower Egypt: Alexandria
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  527-565
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.50
Weight (g):  4.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1590. A. H. Baldwin, September 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: IB with cross in between.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVST… (Our lord Justinian). Reverse: None. Mint mark: AΛЄΣ.

Bibliography:  MIB I 165

3 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Alexandria



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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