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Maker(s):Justinian II (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Solidus of Justinian II
Date Made:705-711 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Gold
Place Made:Europe; Asia; Turkey; Constantinople
Measurements:20mm; 4.442g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.429
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: facing bust of Christ, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of gospels in left; dN IhS ChS REX REGNANTIVM
Reverse: crowned busts of Justinian and older Tiberius, each wearing divitision and chlamys, holding cross potent; D N IVSTINIANVS ET TIbERIUS P P A

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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