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ID number: BIRBI-B0216 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): 2.50 Weight (g): 6.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5472. Spink, 22nd May 1967, from south-east Turkey. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Long cross in l. field, stars above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: N VSI[…]VS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Control mark: Є(5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 15e; MIB I, 19
Notes: Pierced on bottom of obverse/top left of reverse.
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