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ID number:  BIRBI-B0270
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justin I; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  522-527
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.00
Weight (g):  14.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5424. A. H. Baldwin, 18th March 1967.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above and star in l. field and crescent in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN […]VSTINVS PP ΔVS (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ANTX. Control mark: Γ(3) (Gamma put retrograde).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 47; MIB I, 59

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Antioch



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin I
Byzantine
c.450
1st August 527
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