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ID number: BIRBI-B0743 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 545-546 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.23 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0736. Glendining, 3rd May 1951, ex lots 110/112. |
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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 IVSTINI ANVS PPA (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ΔNNO XVIIII (year 19). Off: None. Mint mark: VZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIV AE187a, MIB pl. 23 N121a
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