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ID number:  BIRBI-B0214
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:  Half-follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  518-527
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  8.11
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 7706. A. H. Baldwin, 6th February 1971.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Long cross in l. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN […] NVS PP AV (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Control mark: Δ(4).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 14d; MIB I, 19.1

3 Related People

Justin I
Byzantine
c.450
1st August 527
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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