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ID number: BIRBI-B4404 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 687-695 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.40 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 4730. P.W. Selby 18th July 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, wearing chlamys. Reverse: K present to l. of M denomination mark, θΔ above M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AE 32; MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 55
Notes: Coin heavily worn, struck off centre to bottom l. of rev. Coin identitied via θΔ above M denomination mark, matching DOC class 4 on whose coins more inscription can be seen.
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