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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".
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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.

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin I
Byzantine
c.450
1st August 527
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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