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Object Type
Museum number: B.12453
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Draped bust of Justinian II(?), bearded, facing, wears crown (above which three pellets), holds globus cruciger in right hand and mappa in left hand. (obverse); Cross potent, above it four pellets in the shape of a cross. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Justinian II (?); Issuer: Arichis II, Duke of Beneventum
Cultures/periods
Production date: 758-774
Production place: Minted in: Beneventum
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 1.37 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (2, p.167); Arslan 1984 / La monetazione (350, p.438) (var., tremissis)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; cross
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.12453
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (167) (2)

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