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ID number: BIRBI-B0467 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: 544-545 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 18.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0985. Glendining 3rd May 1951, ex lots 110/112. |
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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, in bottom of field a pellet each side of mint mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPNI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧIII (year 18). Off: Γ (3). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XIX AE43d.2, MIB I pl.20 95d
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