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ID number: BIRBI-B1685 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberius II; Ino Anastasia; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578-579 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1823. A.H. Baldwin, January 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Tiberius and Anastasia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Anastasia wearing a trefoil crown and holding sceptre in l. hand, Tiberius wearing diadem and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ m TIb CON TANT PP AV (Our lord Tiberius Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ч (Year 5). Mint mark: TЄS. Officina: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 65
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