Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B0213 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 16.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 7010. Spink, 21st July 1969. "Very recently from south-east Turkey". |
|
Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bust of Justin facing l. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVS[…] PP AVC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. 8; MIB I, 11
Notes: Brockage on reverse, with incuse image of obverse coin of same type.
|