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ID number: BIRBI-B0455 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: 541-542 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 4.10 Weight (g): 22.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0980. Seaby June 1951. |
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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: DH IVSTINI AM... PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧ (year 15). Off: Δ (4). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XVIII AE40d.6, MIB I pl.20 95b
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