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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.
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