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ID number:  BIRBI-B1032
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Rome
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  537-542
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  4.25
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1114. Spink, May 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing facing, supporting long jeweled cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand, six-pointed star in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 318b; MIB I 29

3 Related People

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


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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