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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1192 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight (22 Carat) Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3686. Ex Whitting Collection, 1961. |
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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 globe. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN I VSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: OB*+*. Control mark: ΘS (Untranslatable control mark). Bibliography: DOC I. 138 (Antioch); MIB II 8
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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