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ID number: BIRBI-B0262 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 18.57 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5327. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum, with cross above. Reverse: Cross above and cross in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIN VS PP AVC5 (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ANTX. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 45a; MIB I, 58
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