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ID number:  BIRBI-B1014
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:  Pentanummium
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  539-542
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.70
Weight (g):  3.88
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0053. A.H. Baldwin, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: Cross in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IVSTI[…] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 301; MIB I 202.

3 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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