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ID number: BIRBI-B1519 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Antioch Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 566-567 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7316. A.H. Baldwin, 27th April 1970; "ex Longuet lot". |
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Description: Obverse: Justin facing, wearing cuirass, helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, holding in r.hand a globe surmounted with Victoria - Nike, facing Justin and crowning him with a wreath, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm; cross in r. of field. Reverse: I with cross above; a star above and below the year.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IV … T … A … ([Inferred] Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: τ…ЄЧ…
Bibliography: MIB II 62
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