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ID number: BIRBI-B1730 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: Decanummium Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1832. Seaby 1949. |
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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; cross to the r. Reverse: I.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … TANT bb AS (Our lord Tiberius Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: … ЄUP.
Bibliography: MIB II pl.15 56 (exact coin)
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