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ID number: BIRBI-B0996 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: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 547-552 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 5.14 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 1336. B.A. Seaby, December 1947. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Victoria standing facing, winged, holding in l. hand globus cruciger and in r. hand a wreath, two stars in exergue.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP A (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTO RIA AC (Imperial Victory). X (10).
Bibliography: DOC I. 304; MIB 1, 200
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