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ID number: BIRBI-B1724 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberius II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 581-582 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 9.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5354. Spink, August 1966, "From South-East Turkey." |
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Description: Obverse: Tiberius facing, wearing cross crown with pendilia, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r.hand, and eagle-topped sceptre with cross atop eagle in l.hand. Reverse: Arched M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ΠIPPITOCI COIƧNAIT (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: τHЄЧP●.
Notes: Counterfeit?
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