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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1547 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-578 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0225. P. Grierson, June 1952. |
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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. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP AV (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10). Bibliography: MIB II 18b Notes: Referred to in Grierson's article in the Numismatic Chronicle. |
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| Carthage Roman;Byzantine | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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