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ID number:  BIRBI-B0429
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.
Maker:  Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  538-539
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  4.40
Weight (g):  23.03
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3235. A. H. Baldwin 1947 (5/-), ex J.R. Stewart collection (120), 30th January 1968.
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Description:  Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XII (year 12). Off: A (1). Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl.XV AE37a.2, MIB I pl.20 95a

4 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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