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ID number: BIRBI-B0507 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: Half follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-538 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 9.65 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3898. Spink, August 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust r. of Justinian wearing plumed helmet with diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: K, cross in l. of field, stars above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ...NVS PAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Off: A (1). Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XIV AE33b.2, MIB I pl.19 90
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