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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1006
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justinian I; Carthage
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  552-565
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.88
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3028. Spink, 1955.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field and r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTI[…]ANVS AC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 316; MIB I 201.

Notes:  Attributed by Haines to Constantinople mint.

3 Related People

Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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