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ID number: BIRBI-B0891 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 550-551 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 5.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2709. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: Cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI[…] NVS PP A (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). […]NNO XXIIII (Year 24). Mint mark: ЧHЧΠ.
Bibliography: DOC I. 255; MIB I, 157a
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