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ID number:  BIRBI-B1145
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Hama Hoard
Maker:  Justin II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  565-578
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  4.39
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 643. Spink, April 1957, 'from a hoard of over 100 solidi of Justin II found at Hama'.
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Description:  Facing bust of Justin, beardless, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding in r. hand a globe surmounted by figure of Victoria, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Constantinople seated looking r. holding in r. hand a spear and in l. hand a globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN I VSTI NVS PP AVI. Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 4a; MIB II 5

4 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Hama Hoard



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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