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ID number: BIRBI-B4402 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 686-687 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 5.78 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3087. Bought Spink 20th August 1956. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, wearing cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: arched M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …STI… (Justinian) ANNO II (Year 2). Reverse: None visible. Mint Mark: KTGS
Bibliography: DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AE 29; MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 52
Notes: Unusually obv. Type including dating inscription, see DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AE 29 and MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 52, not overstruck. Also, addition of a S to mint mark on reverse.
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