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ID number:  BIRBI-B1019
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:  542-547
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.30
Weight (g):  2.69
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3957. A.H. Baldwin, September 1961.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Encircling wreath, cross in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP A (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 300; MIB I 203a

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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