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ID number: BIRBI-B0204 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin I; Constantinople; Herakleios; Sicily Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527; 610-613 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 13.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3638. A.H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DH I[…] (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […]N; Mint mark on Countermark: SЄLS. Control mark: […].
Bibliography: DOC I. 9; MIB I, 12 (For the Justin coin); DOC II.1 241a.2 (For the Herakleian countermark)
Notes: With Herakleian Sicilian countermark.
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