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ID number:  BIRBI-B0389
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  527-538
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.00
Weight (g):  16.12
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0938. A. H. Baldwin March 1952 (Glendining 21st February 1952 ex Lot 220).
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: M, cross above, star in l. of field and cross in r. of field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Off: B (2). Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  DOC I pl.XIV AE28b, MIB I pl.18 84

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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