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ID number: BIRBI-B0958 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 533-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.61 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 1996. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum, cross on chest. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […] IVSTI[…]NVS […] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […]ART. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 286a; MIB 1, 184a
Notes: Double struck on reverse.
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