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ID number: BIRBI-B0530 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Half follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 541-542 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 9.30 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3201. Spink, October 1957. |
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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: ...N IVSTINI ANVS ... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧ (year 15). Off: A (1). Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XXI AE65b, MIB I pl.20 96.2
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