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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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Thessalonica



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