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ID number: BIRBI-B0540 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: 551-552 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 7.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0739. |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing curiass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIN... ...S PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXЧ (Year 25). Off: Є (5). Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXI AE69, MIB 1 pl. 20 96.2
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