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ID number: BIRBI-B1201 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Athens Hoard Maker: Justin II; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 586. A.H. Baldwin, September 1956, "from a recent find near Athens". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Victory holding a wreath in r. hand and a globus cruciger in l. hand, star in r. field. .
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN I[…] NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVΛ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. 14; MIB II 11
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