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ID number: BIRBI-B0946 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Heavy Half-Siliqua or 50 Denarii Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 533-537 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4079. A.H. Baldwin, 22nd August 1963. (F.W.B.) |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Encircling wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP Aʕ (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VOT MVIT HTI (Vows [from the emperor's accession] many [for the future] (corruption of numbers)). Mint mark: CONOS.
Bibliography: DOC I. 280; MIB 1, 51
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