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ID number: BIRBI-B3640 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Justinian I; Sicily; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-629; 537-538 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 16.04 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4443. A.H. Baldwin, February 1952. |

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Description: Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justinian I facing r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M. A star in the l. of the field; a cross in the r. of the field. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original) D N IVSTINI … NVS PP A … (Our lord Justinian, eternal Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: C … Control mark: A (1). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original) MIB I 85; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4
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