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ID number: BIRBI-B0907 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: Pentanummium Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 529-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3104. Spink, 11th January 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross on central arm of Є.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIN ANVS PP AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 268; MIB I, 142
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