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ID number: BIRBI-B0909 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: 539-546 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2285. Spink, 7th July 1953. |

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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 IVSTINI ANVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5). Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 268a; MIB 1, 141
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