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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1540 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: 567-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 715. Spink, March 1958. "From Prof. Seyrig of Beirut, and probably from the 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; chrismon in the l. of the field. Inscriptions: Obverse: O 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 pl.1 14.2 (exact coin)
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| Alexandria | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Hama Hoard | |
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