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ID number: BIRBI-B1619 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Steni Hoard Maker: Tiberius II; Alexandria Denomination: Solidus Place made: Lower Egypt: Alexandria Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578-582 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1637. ex James R. Stewart Collection 30th January 1968, previously Steni Hoard 1946 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Tiberius, facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D m TIb CONS TANT PP AVC (Our lord Tiberius Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).
Bibliography: MIB II pl.11 10.1 (exact coin)
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