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ID number: BIRBI-B0244 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Thessalonica Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1667. (Originally attributed by Whitting to Justin I). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Stars above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN I[…] I (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB I 73
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