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ID number: BIRBI-B0227 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Pentanummium Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0105. R. M. Cunningham, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Archway or Π, cross above, stars in l. field and r. field with pellets above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 59a; MIB I, 31
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