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ID number: BIRBI-B1743 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Tiberius II; Ravenna Denomination: Lightweight 1/4 Siliqua Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 578-582 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.10 Weight (g): 0.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1489. Christie, 12th November 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Tiberius facing r., wearing garment and loros scarf, wearing a diadem. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps in wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N COSTA NTIN VIPA (Our lord Constantine, live for [many] years). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 22
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