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ID number: BIRBI-B0918 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: 546-561 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3273. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates 235, 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross on central arm of Є, horned circle in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […]N IVSTINI ANVSIII (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 270; MIB 1, 162
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