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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1536 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Hama Hoard Maker: Justin II; Alexandria Denomination: Solidus Place made: Lower Egypt: Alexandria Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-567 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 956. A.H. Baldwin, December 1960; "From Hama Hoard". |
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Description: Obverse: Justin facing, wearing cuirass, plumed 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. Reverse: Constantinopolis seated facing l., helmeted, holding spear in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand; cross in the l. of the field. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N I VSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial Victory). Mint Mark: CONOB. Control Mark: I (10). Bibliography: MIB II 13a
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Hama Hoard | |
| Alexandria | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
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