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ID number:  BIRBI-B1579
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:  Pentanummium
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  567-572
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.30
Weight (g):  2.66
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4776. A.H. Baldwin, August 1964.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and helmet with diadem with pendilia, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Cruciform monogram of Justin.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB II 82

3 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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