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ID number:  BIRBI-B3636
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Justin I; Sicily
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-629; 518-522
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.3
Weight (g):  14.41
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4442. Hall Sale, November 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justin I facing r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above. A star in the r. of the field. A star in the l. of the field. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) D N IVS … VS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: None visible. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB I 11; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4

Notes:  Split along the circumference of the coin.

4 Related People

Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin I
Byzantine
c.450
1st August 527
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