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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1198 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0227. Spink, August 1950 "as Justin I", ex Professor Blackler's Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Victory winged seated on a trophy of arms facing r., inscribing a shield with four crosses, reversed Christogram in r. field, star in l. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: DOC I. 12; MIB II 10
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
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