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ID number: BIRBI-B1563 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: 567-572 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.54 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0961. Spink, February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with diadem with pendilia, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTIN NVS PP A (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: I V/S TI/N (Justin; the I is also used to denote the denomination - ten).
Bibliography: MIB II 79a
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