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ID number:  BIRBI-B1123
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Pentanummium
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  538-542
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.10
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1374.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: […]INI ANVS PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Є (5). Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 96c; MIB I 103

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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