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ID number: BIRBI-B0243 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 8.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2383. B.A. Seaby, 21st December 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field and star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NIS PP AV (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20).
Bibliography: DOC I. 25; MIB I, 71
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