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ID number: BIRBI-B0872 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 558-559 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3858. Dorothy Wood, 'early 1959', from Mersin. |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: Cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: N IVSTINI ANVS […] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). ANNO XXXII (Year 32). Mint mark: P.
Bibliography: DOC I. 247; MIB I, 155
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