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ID number: BIRBI-B1104 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Decanummium Culture: Byzantine Date made: 540-565 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.89 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1352. Spink, February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Encircling wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI NVS PP ΛV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: X (10).
Bibliography: MIB I 244
Notes: Some disagreement about mint attribution
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