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ID number: BIRBI-B1562 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: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-566 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.98 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3210. Spink, October 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. (only silhouette visible). Reverse: X with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVS … (Our lord Justin). Reverse: … ANNO (Year). Mint mark: …R.
Bibliography: MIB II 78
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse on a Constantinopolitan decanummium, emperor uncertain
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