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ID number: BIRBI-B0529 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Half follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 540-541 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 12.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Bought A. H. Baldwin August 1972. |

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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: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XIIII (year 14). Off: Є (5). Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XXI AE64a.2, MIB I pl.20 96.1
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