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ID number: BIRBI-B0733 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 544-545 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.60 Weight (g): 18.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0814. Hall Sale, November 1950, ex lot 2324; from Seaby sale July 1929, ex lot 1044. |
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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 IVSTI AHVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧIII (year 18). Off: A (1). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXII AE170a, MIB pl. 23 120c
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