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ID number: BIRBI-B0692 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Boeotia Hoard Maker: Justinian I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 542-543 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.90 Weight (g): 20.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3112. E. S. Sepheriades, Athens, 1957. "From a hoard found in Boeotia". |
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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing curiass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIIII ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XҀ (year 16). Off: B (2). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXII AE168a.1, MIB pl. 23 120d
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