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 ID number:  BIRBI-B0204
 Object type:  Coin
 Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
 Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
 Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
 Maker:  Justin I; Constantinople; Herakleios; Sicily
 Denomination:  Follis
 Place made:  Istanbul
 Culture:  Byzantine
 Date made:  518-527; 610-613
 Metal:  Base metal
 Diameter (cm):  3.10
 Weight (g):  13.78
 Axis (degrees):  180.00
 Provenance:  Haines 3638. A. H. Baldwin, 1961.
 
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                Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
 Inscriptions:  Obverse: DH I[…] (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […]N; Mint mark on Countermark: SЄLS. Control mark: […].
 Bibliography:  DOC I. 9; MIB I, 12 (For the Justin coin); DOC II.1 241a.2 (For the Herakleian countermark)
 Notes:  With Herakleian Sicilian countermark.
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